World will suffice for me in the future.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?

Women should be someone and not something.

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

Acceptance, under someone else's terms, is worse than rejection.

There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one.

I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work.

The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life.

It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother... A woman artist must be... capable of making primary sacrifices.

The voice of the heart is much stronger than all the other sounds and words spoken without feelings

Every day when I open my eyes it is a leap of vibrational faith into something new

...staring into thin air at thosethings only cats can see (Doctro Sleep)

The world is full of haters

Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

The waiters in France could all be senators in the US.

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

It's not the events that shape my life that determine how I feel and act, but, rather, it's the way I interpret and evaluate my life experiences.

Something once lost will never return