"Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses."

"Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know."

"I am also surprised that Your Lordship should complain as much about the price as about the canvas, but if Your Lordship wishes to return it as he did the sketch of Homer, I will do another."

"Light is the most important element in painting."

"A work of art is never finished, only abandoned."