In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

Art is a wound turned into light.

The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in our lives.

Sometimes transitional periods in life leave you feeling like a great big jumble of loose, split ends.

Suffering often clarifies what really matters in life.

You aren't learning anything when you're talking.

I love photography, I love food, and I love traveling, and to put those three things together would just be the ultimate dream.

If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.

Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat But to lie there - that's a disgrace.

I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have.

Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.

The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners.