To The Artist There Is Never Anything

I Know Very Well That One Must Fight, For One Is Often In Contradiction To The Spirit Of The Age.

I Have Unbounded Admiration For The Nude. I Worship It Like A God.

Nobody Does Good To Men With Impunity.

A Mediocre Man Copying Nature Will Never Produce A Work Of Art, Because He Really Looks Without Seeing, And Though He May Have Noted Each Detail Minutely, The Result Will Be Flat And Without Character... The Artist On The Contrary, Sees; That Is To Say, His Eye, Grafted On His Heart, Reads Deeply Into The Bosom Of Nature.

Where Shall We Begin? There Is No Beginning. Start Where You Arrive. Stop Before What Entices You. And Work! You Will Enter Little By Little Into The Entirety. Method Will Be Born In Proportion To Your Interest.