I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in the modern style.

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!

If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.