To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.

I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it.

One who does not believe in the self is an atheist. If you believe in yourself, then you are the most religious person on earth.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

The health you enjoy is largely your choice

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.

Not time is the measure of movement but: ...each constant periodic appearance of ideas.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

I’m blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.