You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

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.

The bond of two souls is divine.

Summer is for surrendering

True humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself exactly the way God thinks of you

Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.

There's always going to be an element of pressure when you walk on the stage.

Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.

All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.

Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something.

People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm.