Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

knowledge of who we are helps us to be focus on our destiny

No matter what, we have to keep moving forward, even if we have to crawl.

But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

The colors of light are infinite through refraction, yet they all come from the same source. Thus I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul, nor fail to identify with the most virtuous.

Someday, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter; Someday, I'm gonna get that faculty together.

I am curious about grownups, not children.

There's lots of things you pull out lipstick for.

When pain is unbearable it destroys us; when it does not it is bearable.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.