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.
“I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks.”
“The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition!”