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.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

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.

Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

Waiting for things to happen is like daydreaming. To break out of that cycle, you must be willing to take the first small step.

I didn't know that there was a thin line between ignorance and arrogance.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin with a grin.

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way, to sink your ship of fools.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.