If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.

True pain teaches us to grow. You aren't finished yet. Dylan needs you.

I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

You need to make sure that you are where you think you are indispensable. And dedicate your task to that.

I am a big fan of movies from the ’70s.

I have no desire to vote for French politicians, and I'm not entitled to vote in Switzerland.

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.

To me, horror and comedy never work. Never worked for me, anyway.

There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share. In neighborhoods like ours, the churches provide stability.

Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.

I was always one of these people who is irrationally moved by stupid pop songs.