One had to immerse oneself in one's surroundings and intensely study nature or one's subject to understand how to recreate it.

The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I think of the horizon at midnight, the sky and sea blurring together.

Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.

I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.

Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.

I think people know that I've got a good heart.

Houses are fundamental metaphors for self, world, permeability, transition, interiority, exteriority, multiplicity, and the power to move from one state of being to another.

We love what we should scorn if we were wiser.

I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity.

O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please.

I'm lonely! I'm bored!