A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.

Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents.

Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

Beauty is a sign of intelligence.

Live by your own sacred standard.

For one must label a thought with language for one can understand the meaning of the thinking mind.

Och, Sarah, how shall I call augh’ beautiful again unless it be the sight of you?

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology.

I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.

There is a basic truth which man can know and which can transform his life if he will become the embodiment of it.

If there is one thing I am, it's always right.

Habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]