God, the king of artists, was clumsy.

It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold.

The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be free.'

Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved.

As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know hes going to be around the ball all the time.

I love advertising because I love lying.

It's tough to strike out. Believe me. I hate striking out. It's no fun. It's embarrassing. But there really isn't anything I can do. It's just a part of my game.

Death is an ascension to a better library.

I'm kicking myself in the rear end every day, saying, 'Did I really book this many shows? What am I doing?'

Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body.

The best way to honor your dreams is to get them done!