Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.
The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone.
I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.
The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.