Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.

When I was a little girl, my imagination was what helped me deal with some sort of negative elements in my childhood.

There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.