I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.

Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds

There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art.

One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as they never give such practical prizes.

[At age 92:] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm trying to understand. And I've understood nothing.

I never eat meat as I think it is wrong to deprive animals of their life when they are so difficult to chew anyway.