My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck.

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.

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

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.

What a rebellious act it is to love yourself naturally in a world of fake appearances.

Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery."SHOW YOUR TONGUE

Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names.

I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.

Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.

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I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.