Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.

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.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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.

Books are like friends to me. Words come alive on the page.

They seemed so united that I loved them as one person." Lee wrote of his son and daughter-in-law on his daughter-in-law's death.

I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

When frying small fish, disturb them little.

...one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture.

There is no life after death, so offer kindness to all, not in the next life but now

That's the temptation of the devil: "Turn stones into bread! Be relevant!"

My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed.

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

Home is where the books are