Woman in Gold

Maria Altmann:
My sister, Louise-I truly loved her, but truth is, we were always competitive. If life is a race, you beat me to the finish. But if life is a boxing match, I'm the last one standing.

Maria Altmann:
I was expecting you at 6, but it's 10 past!

Maria Altmann:
My sister finally moves in with me. The problem is, she finally decides to do it when she's dead.

Maria Altmann:
I have to do what I can to keep these memories alive, because people forget-especially the young.

Maria Altmann:
A week ago you weren't even interested and now you're all over me like a rash. What happened?

Randol Schoenberg:
Well, against my better judgment, I think I like you.

Adele Bloch Bauer:
Your only enemy is fear.

Maria Altmann:
I don't know if I have the strength to deal with these people, and I've only been here a day.

Maria Altmann:
If I'm going back, I might as well do it in style.

Randol Schoenberg:
I could've searched for the file on my own.

Maria Altmann:
I wasn't going to miss all the fun. This is like a James Bond film, and you're Sean Connery!

Maria Altmann:
Unlike Lot's wife, I never looked back.

Hubertus Czernin:
It wasn't enough to rob your family and destroy it. No, your family had to be eradicated.

Hubertus Czernin:
She is the Mona Lisa of Austria-you think they will just let her go?

Maria Altmann:
They're hoping to drag it out until I die? Well, I will do them the favor of hanging around.

Randol Schoenberg:
It's hard to believe Hitler once applied to be an art student here.

Maria Altmann:
I wish they'd have accepted him.

Maria Altmann:
Restitution-the return of something to its original state... At the very least, we should be reunited with what is rightfully ours.

Woman in Crowd:
I would like to return to my original state!

Randol Schoenberg:
We recommend opening the can and exacting the little worm with a pair of tweezers and shutting the can as quickly as possible.

Maria Altmann:
They'll never admit to what they did, because if they admit to one thing, they'll have to admit to it all.

Maria Altmann:
We did everything we could and that's what matters. The past is the past and now we must let it go.

Randol Schoenberg:
You could buy a new bungalow... buy anything you want!

Maria Altmann:
I'd like a new dishwasher.

Court House Employee:
I want to go to Austria sometime with my daughter - she loves kangaroos!

Maria Altmann:
I have decided to allow the paintings to remain on display... if you agree to admit they were obtained illegally.