Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.

It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.

Many books describe different problem solving techniques, but solving complicated problems in reality is not so easy.

I Have Found that If You Love Life Life will Love You Back

Manifest kindness to embrace greatness.

You may be a good warrior... But you've made a mistake I never did. You agreed to serve a stupid king.

Everyone deserves to be happy with or without you in their lives!

But it's the science of the stars!""She thinks it's Satanic. You gave her daughter a pentagram.""It's a natal chart, duh. You can't let ignorance trump science here, Miss Mary!

Strong people define themselves

If you feel helpless, go help someone.

With a brush you have control. The paint goes on the brush and you make the mark. From experience you know exactly what will happen. With the squeegee you lose control.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.