Painting, in the beginning, was a trade like any other. Some men became picture-makers as others became glaziers or carpenters. Painters painted shields, saddles and banners. The primitive painter was more of a craftsman than we are; he learned his trade superlatively well before he thought of letting himself go. The reverse is true today.

Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume.

Curiously enough, the Sublime is generally achieved through want of proportion.

For his contemporaries, Racine was a romantic, but for every age he is classical, that is to say, he is faultless.

I have three masters: Nature, Velazquez and Rembrandt.

'A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current pract…

The more I think about colour, the more convinced I become that this reflected half-tint is the principle that must predominate, because it is this that gives …