A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

My theory is to enjoy life, but my practice is against it.

One fine day a predatory world shall consume itself.

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one.

We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

History is all explained by geography.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.