"The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad originals."

"Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noontide ray Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of t…"

"Le Bain... has proved as defiant in execution as it had been in conception... [H]e abandoned , a technique perfected …"

"Ottoman miniature painting gave up the warmth, the whimsy, the theatricality, and the multiple meanings of Iranian ar…"

"The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture."

"One question conditions the dynamics and balance of color in the composition of a painting: whence the source of light?"

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

"The form of my painting is the content."

"Monet and Renoir... concentrated... on the waters of the Seine sparkling... dissolving solid forms into dazzling patc…"

"Painting responded to the plague-darkened vision of the human condition provoked by repeated exposure to sudden, inex…"