“ People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion. ”

“ i was born a bitch. i was born a painter. ”

“ They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality. ”

“ I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. ”

“ I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it. ”

“ When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them. ”

“ I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ”

“ I am the captain of my soul. ”

“ One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. ”

“ As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. ”

“ Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ”

“ Though she be but little, she is fierce! ”