"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."
"All creative people want to do the unexpected."
"I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way."
"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."
"All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel."
"All my six husbands married me for different reasons."
"American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook."
"Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet."
"Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake."
"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical."
"Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15."
"Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices."
"Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat."
"Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House."
"I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed."
"I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season."
"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."
"I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."
"I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode."
"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."
"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."
"I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me."
"I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me."
"I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit."
"I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."
