I Too Am A Government.

I Have Never Seen Either Angels Or Goddesses, So I Am Not Interested In Painting Them.

Titles Have Never Given A Just Idea Of Things; Were It Otherwise, The Work Would Be Superfluous.

I Hope Always To Earn My Living By My Art Without Having Ever Deviated By Even A Hair's Breadth From My Principles... To Please Anyone Or To Sell More Easily.

The Principle Of Realism Means Denial Of The Ideal.

The Beautiful Is In Nature, And It Is Encountered Under The Most Diverse Forms Of Reality. Once It Is Found It Belongs To Art, Or Rather To The Artist Who Discovers It.