Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.

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.

We understand more than we know.

May you have warmth in your igloo oil in your lamp and peace in your heart.

Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not.

It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.

My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that went to the heart of our way of life.

Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as forward as hives or goiters, And where it is least desired, it loiters.

Not knowing the thing that’s chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you

Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture.

Time punishes us by taking everything, but it also saves us - by taking everything

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully.