If you speak of beauty, you are at once suspected of...kitsch.

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

The best way to begin is to say: 'Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at the paintings'.

I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded.

To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place.

Sometimes the best gifts aren't convenient at the time.

I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.

But of all the animals, man holds the fate of the world in his hands.

I will leave no memoirs.

The future belongs to thouse with open minds aand open hearts, who can appreciate beauty in all it's forms.

Humanity is a natural foil for inhumanity, and humanity is what will ultimately keep us going when all else has failed.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

All Church activities, advancements, quorums, and classes are means to the end of an exalted family.

Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.