The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest.

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.

Love is the greatest debt to be in…but is not meant to bankrupt you!

An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

Say someone tells me their name - that name can turn into a taste or a color and that's how I categorize it in my mind. It's an easy way of categorizing things.

Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep.

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence.

Your goal is to write that masterpiece. Yello's masterpiece was "Oh Yeah." Whatever I say about the song doesn't matter, because it has a huge impact on how we remember the era.

I recommend sports, I don't recommend gambling.

It was hard to follow my dreams... I didn't let anything stop me.

Always remember that the ocean delights in feeling your feet in her eternal bath.