No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him.

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say.

Strain your brain more than your eye.

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure.

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

No words would ever be more powerful than the presence of a friend.

Every woman has a different metabolism and different genetics, so rather than compete with one another, concentrate on yourself and be the best you can be.

History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

The laws of war right now say that we can respond when our country is threatened. That is what international law says.

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.