I am not altogether displeased with the shirt-front.

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.

You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.

Turn down things that are in consistence with your priorities.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

If you can't look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

The first perk of theatre is the girls.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent.