I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

Only the human figure exists; landscape is, and should be, no more than an accessory; the painter exclusively of landscape is nothing but a bore.

Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly, that you feel you could die of it!

A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

The wise woman patterns her life on the theory and practice of modern banking. She never gives her love, but only lends it on the best security and at the highest rate of interest.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.

Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

Why are you stripping in my front yard at six in the morning? I have neighbors you know.

Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.

When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

I think wardrobe is a really important part of making a movie and developing the character.

My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out.

The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.

Don't let those people steal your day

I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times.