There is only one real tragedy in a woman’s life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

The world is a plot, a conspiracy, a cabal.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

"Realism is not about copying nature, but understanding its essence."

I've always been interested in art and making things, but I chose not to go to art school because I thought I needed to do something else. Art was a tough way to make a living. I've always done both. I just kind of figured that the marine biology would be a career and the art would be something I did for my own self-expression.

青年的危机不是生物性的，而是社会和政治性的，它需要一种新的语言来理解他们斗争性质的变化。