In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.

The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.

Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

For gypsies do not like to stay - They only come to go away.

It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good

For gypsies do not like to stay -They only come to go away.

The cross shows the seriousness of our sin—but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality

Faith is a firm hope.

By-and-by never comes.

I go online all the time, I just don't read about myself. I read a fashion website called Go Fug Yourself. I actually correspond with the Fug Girls and that's great.

Insanity does NOT run in my family. It strolls through, takes it's time, and gets to know everyone personally - T-Shirt

When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed... Starting to paint I felt gloriously free.

Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.

Every epoch dreams its successor.

A nickel is not worth a penny more.