I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
Fine art is knowledge made visible.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.
France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.
