Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: He later explained to Champfleury and the writer Francis Wey , `` It is not often that one encounters so complete an expression of poverty and so , right then and there I got the idea for a painting .
Simplified: He explained it to a friend `` It is not often that one meets with so complete an expression of poverty and so , right then and there I got the idea for a painting .