I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert.

I look back on my life with great joy. I think it was a very successful life. I always did what I wanted and never cared what anyone thought. Women's lib? I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it.

I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake.

[When asked how many husbands she had had:] My own, or other people's?

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.

I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert.

It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else.