What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul Seek solitude.
The secret of not having worries, for me at least, is to have ideas.
Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.
The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for that, you must acquire facility, furnish one's memory to the point of infinitude, and make numerous drawings after the old masters.