There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.

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.

The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it.

Buy what you love. Love those who can't be bought. Take in all the day has to offer. Give it all away.

For pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion.

Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.

It is among children only, and as children only, that you will find medicine for your healing and true wisdom for your teaching.

Especially being around young people, ... It helps put things in the proper perspective as you return back to the chaos of politics.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

The body is a vehicle for the mind, and that vehicle is how you travel through space.