Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

I felt before I thought

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

The landscapist lives in silence.

If I exist, then surely there must be someone else out there like me.

True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title.

What really enthralls me is working with the actor and seeing where you can go with that. It's in that exchange and that relationship.

The mind tricks the body, Body thinks the mind is crazy.

If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the problem anyway.

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.

What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world.

As a first time director it's interesting, but not all that different from what I did before. A lot of parts of this job seem to be very similar to running a big company.