There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother... A woman artist must be... capable of making primary sacrifices.

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.

It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

Women should be someone and not something.

There are two ways for a painter: the broad and easy one or the narrow and hard one.

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.