The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture...we merge in an iridescent chaos.

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.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

Money is the alienated essence of man's labor and life

The love of God is all I need.

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.

I don't like to have these words banded about, like "British sense of humor," "American sense of humor," though I'll be damned if I know what they are.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

My career doesn't depend on painting Bill Clinton.

Man is a hybrid. From a lower order we have been genetically manipulated by advanced intelligences into what we are. Now that in itself is dynamite for god's sake.

Chuck Daly was a man and a coach who everyone had great respect for, and to be recognized in his memory is very special.