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

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

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.

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.

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

Do you remember those days? Back porch, sunshine, mason jars" - she paused at remembered sweetness - "we were so foolish then...thinking there was a big ol' world out there to conquer.

A healthy PFC means a healthy cognitive grip over the world with very little elements of prejudice.

You do not keep the audience's interest by giving it information, but by withholding information ....

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

The longer we stay in Hell, the more we become attached to it.

Now, all that I feared would happen has happened. We are at war all over the world, and we are unprepared for it from either a spiritual or a material standpoint.

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.

I love indie record stores, man. I love anything that's about independence and preserving the brand of good music.