My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

Take the time to celebrate stillness and silence and see the joy that the world can bring, simply.

Give me passion -- and compassion -- any day.

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.

Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

Things couldn't stay the same forever.

If you want to be happy in life, keep all of your commitments and don't expect other people to keep any of theirs.