Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

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.

Each soul should know the sacred spirit.

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness.

Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.

I think [Hillary Clinton] would make a horrible president.

I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.

Maybe that's my lot in life as an actor, to be the guy who gets crapped on everywhere he goes. Oh God...

Most actors go, I read the script and fell in love with it; I fall in love with the directors.