To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

“We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.”

“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”

“When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painti…”

“There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufactur…”