A painter may be an abandoned mimic; at school he copies his teachers, which is only right, but he copies in turn every artist in town, which is not. He may do you that honour.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

See?" she heard Shane yell at the kitchen. "She doesn't stomp around like a cattle stampede!""Bite me, Collins! No bacon for you, either!

It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.

Worry, fear, doom, and gloom are all an absolute waste of energy ' ~ Ramie

We contradict all for which we stand for we all stand for the lie the whole lie and nothing but the lie so help save our lying asses.

It's not the news that makes the newspaper, but the newspaper that makes the news.

Froth at the top dregs at bottom but the middle excellent.

Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come.

We should tax things we don't like. We should tax pollution ... And we should lighten the taxes on things we do like, like honest labor, like food.

One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it