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.

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

I warn you, I refuse to be an object.

Sentimentality is a form of fatigue.

Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint.

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