Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture.

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Everything starts from a dot.

Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.

The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects.

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

To create a work of art is to create the world.

The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.

The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

A DESPERATE MAN, HE'S A READY-MADE VICTIM

How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine and he or she has not called the police - it's gone.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.

Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.

I'm working on a new pitch. It's called a strike.

Olay BB Cream is a lifesaver, and I wear it every day while I train and compete. Twenty-four-hour hydration and sheer color helps me look flawless even when faced with that unforgiving Jumbotron!

I only mean forty per cent of what I say.

Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars [translated from Trauerspiel, 1928].

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."