Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly, that you feel you could die of it!

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

Only the human figure exists; landscape is, and should be, no more than an accessory; the painter exclusively of landscape is nothing but a bore.

A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

The wise woman patterns her life on the theory and practice of modern banking. She never gives her love, but only lends it on the best security and at the highest rate of interest.

I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.

Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.

Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.

The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.

As for the fashion world, the one thing I respect is its shallowness: it's so deep - it's so serious. It can be hard to get that kind of shallowness because of its depth and seriousness.

I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they're so good at what they do, it doesn't feel like work. It's like you're playing.

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.

I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.