“I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the sli...” — Camille Pissarro Quote

“I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!”

“I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.”

“Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.”

“We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.”

“There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.”

“Personally, in my home, the district in central New York, the Air National Guard base, not 5 years ago, the commandant came through and said, This is one of the sorriest looking bases I have ever seen.”