To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.

I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.