The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
“St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit.”
“It's very nice to see when somebody who wanted to work hard and is willing to put the work in gets rewarded for it.”