Those who are compelled to paint by force, without being in the necessary mood, can produce only ungainly works, because this profession requires an unruffled temper.

It is not bright colors but good drawing that makes figures beautiful.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

A good painter needs only three colours: black, white and red.

I think I am beginning to learn something about painting.

The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.

Art is stronger than Nature

He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.

The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank.

No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world.

You won't believe what I'm capable of, Phoenix.

I had brought from Paris the national prejudice against Italian music

I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy.

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.

Competitiveness is just as much a part of our nature as empathy. The ideal, in my view, is a democratic system with a social market economy, because it takes both tendencies into account.

There are many names for winds derived from localities or from the squalls which sweep from rivers or down mountains.

It was just the sort of yatch you'd expect a rock promoter to have. Mirrored ceilings, marble, Jacuzzis and leopard-skin everything, it made the merely vulgar seem commonplace.

I shop all the time, basically every day, whether it's online or in every city we go to.