16 Quotes by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.

Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.

A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

As long as you do not hold a balance between your seeing of things and your execution, you will do nothing that is really good.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all sons of Homer.