I too am a government.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.

Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power.

To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.

When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important

Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.

Love your neighbour as you will love yourself.

Magic is something that surrounds you all the time! Always be happy no matter what happens!

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

I've never met a person I've couldn't call a beauty.

It was clear that [the number] just kept growing, and there were no [Hillary] Clinton signs. People were fed up.

It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.

Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!

When adversity hits, go out and learn something.

Be careful dear that you don’t end up as the queen of a lonely kingdom

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.