You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

Drawing is the honesty of art.

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.

Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone.

A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

Draw lines - draw a lot of lines

The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought to be abolished.

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all sons of Homer.

Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.

Single is a choice, just like Married is.

You need to guard the city before God could protect it for you

A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.

Obscenity, who really cares. Propaganda, all is phony.

I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.

To get Congress to do anything.

Headlines don't sell papes. Newsies sell papes.

The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment

Feminism is a way of understanding reality, not just a series of things to do. Feminism challenges our predilection for one right answer, one right God, one size fits all.

The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.