Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Art is not about something, Art is something

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.

Let your pure act be thy prayer.

...if you bare your arse to a vengeful unicorn, the number of possible outcomes dwindles to one.

It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.

Everybody believes in chance.

I would say for everyday I build buildings or houses like a bricklayer with canvas and paint.

My career as a model. I was due to go to University. It was a risk but it was the right decision.

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.

I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.

Your negative actions will always speak over top of your kind words and only fools listen where the wise watch.