"The artist sees the tragic to such a degree that he is compelled to express the non-tragic." — Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter, born 1872
"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love." — Claude Monet, French painter, born 1840
"To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at." — Claude Monet, French painter, born 1840
"The ancient covenant is in pieces; man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose." — Theodore Monod, French explorer, born 1902
"A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself." — Theodore Monod, French explorer, born 1902
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." — Marilyn Monroe, American actress, born 1926
"The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any." — Marilyn Monroe, American actress, born 1926
"Man is quite insane, he wouldn't know how to create a maggot, and he creates gods by the dozens." — Michel de Montaigne, philosopher, born 1533
"I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion." — Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-American actor, born 1920
"And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing." — Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-American actor, born 1920