You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.

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.

End of a matter is better than its beginning

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.

When we take one step toward the Self, It takes nine steps towards us.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

And what importance do I have in the courtroom of oblivion?

Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.

My redeemer is always the person next to me.

There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.