"Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface c…"

"Don't lose sight of the essential objectives of painting, which are expression, emotion, delectation; to understand t…"

"..Every work of art is a transposition,a caricature,the passionate equivalent of a sensation received."

"To synthesize is not necessarily to simplify in the sense of suppressing certain parts of the object: it is to simpli…"

"Painting is first of all the art of imitation, and not the servant of some imaginary 'purity'"

"Art is no longer a visual sensation that we gather, like a photograph, as it were, of nature. No, it is a creation of…"

"What amazement, followed by what a revelation! In place of windows opening on nature, like the impressionists, these …"

"Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a female nude or some sort of anecdote, is essentially a flat s…"

"The sublime is to approach the subject or wall with an attitude that is grand, noble, and in no way petty.."

"Art remains a sure refuge, the hope of a reason in life from now on, and the consoling thought that little beauty man…"