A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly giving a breakthrough to be able to move ahead.

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.

If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win.

The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial.

I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.

Cats are more interesting, let's face it. Dogs are loveable and a bit boring.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule.

If you love a person, you can forgive anything.

I am writing to apply for the position of bookkeeper. Attached, you will find my list of qualifications. I have been keeping books for four years now, and I am never going to give them back.

God's love for me is perfect because it's based on Him not on me. So even when I failed He kept loving me.

Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.