I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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.

No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

It is not enough to be busy so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Don't study science. Play with it.

Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.

Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.

Buy low and sell high. It's pretty simple. The problem is knowing what's low and what's high.

Paper isn’t important. It’s the words on them that are important.

The grace that has freed us from bondage to sin is desperately needed to free us from our bondage to materialism.

Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep on 'keepin' on'.