I want to die painting.

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.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.

Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.

In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for another master before whom to grovel.

If you have a disease of the old society, take a dose of Lenin as medication.

Nothing else matters, except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.

It suddenly hit me one day: after we're married I'll be called Mrs T Leaf!