The Air You Breathe In A Picture

Art Is Really A Battle.

What Is Certain Is That Setting A Piece Of Nature In Place And Drawing It Are Two Very Different Things.

If Painting Weren't So Difficult, It Wouldn't Be Fun.

Daylight Is Too Easy. What I Want Is Difficult - The Atmosphere Of Lamps And Moonlight.

Hitherto The Nude Has Always Been Represented In Poses Which Presuppose An Audience. But My Women Are Simple, Honest Creatures Who Are Concerned With Nothing Beyond Their Physical Occupations... It Is As If You Were Looking Through A Keyhole.