There's a strange paradox about Goya's life. On the one hand it seems that the only thing which interested him was work, more than his sentimental and sexual relationships. But there is also evidence that he liked to think of himself as a ladykiller, as a seducer of great women. But I see him above all as a visionary, a man ahead of his times. I had the talent.
Nobody knows that.
So I'm not frightened of anyone with a sward in his hand. I don't fight with weapons - I fight with my brush.