Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.

Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.

Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.

I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment.

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

It may be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.