Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

Only the human figure exists; landscape is, and should be, no more than an accessory; the painter exclusively of landscape is nothing but a bore.

Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly, that you feel you could die of it!

A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

The wise woman patterns her life on the theory and practice of modern banking. She never gives her love, but only lends it on the best security and at the highest rate of interest.

I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.

It's just me throwing myself at you, romance as usual, us times us, not lust but moxibustion, a substance burning closeto the body as possiblewithout risk of immolation.

We cannot measure time. We can only measure changes of life and the universe.

To lose a problem, do not oppose, let go of any need to control, perhaps it's all an illusion we project, more like a game we play than real?

stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves

I definitely have to give myself permission, like on "Master Swarm," to rip a lead on that. Just play a violin solo that's - it's a bit showoff-y, but it's fun, so who cares?

No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.

Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

Since all people are in the image of God, all deserve to be treated with the dignity the image affords.

Create a tattoo or something inspired by tattoos.

Hunting, fishing, and trapping is literally perfect. It's the perfect system by which to balance and ground the animal populations for next year's productivity.