I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

Never say never because limits, like fears, are often illusions.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

On the other hand, the Prince had proved a much more effective teacher than Snape so far.

I know from personal conversation and from personal interaction, that Hillary Clinton cares deeply about issues of inclusion.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important than members of the European Parliament.

If Iran invaded Israel, it's up to Congress to declare war.

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.

A writer should not run around with a mirror for his countrymen; he should tell his society and his times things no one ever thought before.

It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does.