Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of a painter of light. An extension of the studio into the openair, with color tones lavishly spread out on all sides to exercise the eye with seductive vibrations, from which a feverishly aroused retina expects unquenchable joy.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

The best time of love, is when one goes up the stairs.

Oh, to be seventy again!