Bonnat tells me, 'Your painting isn't bad, it is chic, but even so it isn't bad, but your drawing is absolutely atrocious.' So I must gather my courage and start once again... — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
Never be tempted by water. The water tap should be sealed at lunchtime. If, for example, a sauce goes wrong, adding water doesn't help… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
I had placed my stick on the table, as I do every evening. It had been specially made to suit my height, to enable… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
The body of a beautiful woman is not made for love; it is too exquisite. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
I am certainly not regenerating French art, but am struggling hard to accomplish something on an unlucky piece of paper which has done me… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
When a figure painter executes a landscape he treats it as if it were a face; Degas' landscapes are unparalleled because they are visionary… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
