When You Start With A Portrait And

No Doubt, It Is Useful For An Artist To Know All The Forms Of Art Which Have Preceded Or Which Accompany His. That Is A Sign Of Strength If It Is A Question Of Looking For A Stimulus Or Recognizing Mistakes He Must Avoid.

You Know, It's Just Like Being A Peddler. You Want Two Breasts? Well, Here You Are -- Two Breasts. We Must See To It That The Man Looking At The Picture Has At Hand Everything He Needs To Paint A Nude. If You Really Give Him Everything He Needs -- And The Best -- He'll Put Everything Where It Belongs, With His Own Eyes. Each Person Will Make For Himself The Kind Of Nude He Wants, With The Nude That I Will Have Made For Him.

You Must Always Work Not Just Within But Below Your Means. If You Can Handle Three Elements, Handle Only Two. If You Can Handle Ten, Then Handle Only Five. In That Way The Ones You Do Handle, You Handle With More Ease, More Mastery, And You Create A Feeling Of Strength In Reserve.

If One Knows Exactly What Is Going To Be Done, Why Do It?

There's Nothing More Difficult Than A Line.