Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone.

With an apple I want to astonish Paris.

To err and not correct it -- that is the real error.

-- Confucius

It is in the knowledge of the true conditions of our life that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons to act.

-- Simone de Beauvoir

Decent business management is the most profitable approach in the long run, and business morality need not be as impoverished as it is often portrayed.

-- Robert Bosch

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

-- Oprah Winfrey

Painting requires continuous thought and tireless labor.

-- Sandro Botticelli

I would rather be first to paint ugliness than second to paint beauty.

-- Diego Velázquez