The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.

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.

Luck is believing your lucky.

Those things that hurt instruct.

You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say.

The computer brings out the uptight perfectionist in us - we start editing ideas before we have them.

... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.

I never even had the time to read novels.

But treat dimes fair and I'm bigger than the city lights down in times square

I feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.

I believe it's true that one person can make a difference. But how much more difference 100 people make, or rather 99.

Motives by excess reverse their very nature and instead of exciting, stun and stupefy the mind.