Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

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.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

You can never really get away - - you can only take yourself somewhere else.

Analyze thy life's experiences, see thy shortcomings, see thy virtues. Minimize those faults, magnify and glorify thy virtues.

Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience.

It has always been my dream and ambition to introduce Irish dancing to the world.

Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.

I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy.

A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting.

It's amazing how the world does actually go on in the middle of things that should stop it for us.

I love exploring New York and I think that's what is so exciting about it. You find places that you've never heard of or seen before all the time.