[On Venice:] Every hour of the day is a miracle of light. In summer with daybreak the rising sun produces such a tender magic on the water that it nearly breaks one's heart.

I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert.

Having plenty of time and all the museum's funds at my disposal, I put myself on a regime to buy one picture a day.

[On amassing art for her collection:] My motto was 'Buy a picture a day' and I lived up to it.

I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it.

If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal.

I wore one of my Tanguy earrings and one made by Calder in order to show my impartiality between Surrealist and Abstract Art.

[When asked how many husbands she had had:] My own, or other people's?

Venice is not only a city of fantasy and freedom. It is also a city of joy and pleasure.

I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake.

My knowledge of art ended at impressionism.

Don't be arrogant, Because there are a lot of people that still be better than you.

I don’t see any dearth of women leaders, it’s a question of what we consider a woman leader.

Facing it-always facing it-that's the way to get through. Face it!

One short sleep past will wake eternally And death shall be no more Death thou shalt die.

You can't see the semantic wood for the syntactic trees.

You have to have some level of attachment, you can still have passion and believe but it has to be softened somewhat.

Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.

What I do is more than just the clothes. It's getting out whatever is inside that's screaming the loudest. I wouldn't call it therapeutic. It's not that conscious.

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

To be with the others, you have to have your hair short and wear ties. So we're trying to make a third world happen, you know what I mean?