You can tell who your friends are because they don’t prevent you from being on your own, because they illuminate your solitude without interrupting it.

A painter is someone who wipes the windowpane between the world and us with light, with a rag made of light, soaked in silence.

It is as if the angels had just done their laundry and, owning no other wealth than love, they are always clothed in the same light, worn transparent from so many washings.

A few stars were approaching and in their brightness I glimpsed a fragment of your vanished soul – cheerful and frivolous, unforgettable.

Vengeance is sweet.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Hyperrealism is more about objectifying... how an object can be portrayed when it is seen through a camera's lens... all my paintings are about an object being viewed through human eyes.

The nights seem to me too long... I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.

If you don't talk to strangers, your life is so limited. If you're careful about what you eat, you'll never try anything adventurous.

They took a survey: Why do men get up in the middle of the night? Ten percent get up to go to the bathroom and 90 percent get up to go home.

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.