Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon

Take pride in what you do & let the quality of your work be your signature

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

I'm somewhat diffident about cuffing television on its rabbit ears for not being something else.

Cruelty, I truly believe, is the one and only sin.

As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

I'm passionate about nature and the respect, peace, and beauty I derive from it. My voice, my live performance, and when I'm in the studio. My children and love.