There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother... A woman artist must be... capable of making primary sacrifices.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?

Women should be someone and not something.

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

Acceptance, under someone else's terms, is worse than rejection.

There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one.

I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work.

The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life.

It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

It is as well not to have too great an admiration for your master's work. You will be in less danger of imitating him.

I had always wanted to hear those words.I had always wanted to be your girl.

Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

All those layers of silence upon silence.

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you dont fight back it hurts forever.

The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.

Judgment is such a useful shield, isn't it? We can hide behind it, rise above others on its crest, keep ourselves safe and separate.

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener.

Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.