Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

One never paints violently enough.

Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.

There is no darkness like that of a confined space.

My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.

The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it.

Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe in.

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.

So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.

Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not.