My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.

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.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

Actually, if you take the average American, and studies have shown that, he is really concerned only with private affairs; that is to say, with his health, his money and family affairs.

It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.

I am very honored for all the distinctions and accolades, but what I am most sensitive to is my clientele and the fact they are pleased with my food and my restaurants.

I still believe in getting married in churches and baptizing children. I go through those motions.

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth.

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.