Cities are the sinks of the human race.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

I felt before I thought

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

The landscapist lives in silence.

The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.

I think you have to know how you feel when you're sad and it's healthy to mourn if a relationship ends.

I'm really not a TV junkie... OK, I kind of am a TV junkie, but I'm much more of a movie junkie - my junk food is romantic comedies I've seen a million times.

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

When it gets easy, I worry about things.

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.

We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.