I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

Use your special gifts to fulfil your divine purpose.

He is only fifteen! Does she really think he is prepared for marriage, especially with his intellectual range of a teacup?

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I.

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.

I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.

Winning Forever is not about the final score; it's about competing and striving to be the best. If you are in this pursuit, then you're already winning.

My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.