One paints from nature not in order to copy, but to express feelings of grandeur.

There is no need to express art in terms of nature. It can perfectly well be expressed in terms of geometry and the exact sciences.

I see a flower. It gives me a sensation of the beautiful. I wish to paint it. And as soon as I wish to paint it I see the whole subject - flower - changed. It is now an art problem to resolve.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by.

Remember: once you have ascertained that you are dealing with hostile intruders, the staircase becomes a free-fire zone.

To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.

No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.

Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run: So lines that from their parallel decline, More they proceed the more they still disjoin.

Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.