[On Venice:] Every hour of the day is a miracle of light. In summer with daybreak the rising sun produces such a tender magic on the water that it nearly breaks one's heart.

[On amassing art for her collection:] My motto was 'Buy a picture a day' and I lived up to it.

Venice is not only a city of fantasy and freedom. It is also a city of joy and pleasure.

Having plenty of time and all the museum's funds at my disposal, I put myself on a regime to buy one picture a day.

[On Venice:] Every hour of the day is a miracle of light. In summer with daybreak the rising sun produces such a tender magic on the water that it nearly breaks one's heart.

My mother's one idea was to sacrifice her life to her children and she had done nothing else since the death of my father. We wished that she had married again instead.

Peace was the one thing that Max (Ernst) needed in order to paint, and love was the one thing I needed in order to live. As neither of us gave the other what he most desired, our union was doomed to failure.