An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire.

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.

It seemed everything would be alright after all.

Tell us which ideas you promote and we will know which type of person you are.

If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me.

The greatest rewards lie in the unknown.

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest...even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner.

I'm hyper-aware of my last name and it's lack of Derby or Horowtiz-esque sonorousness. Moffett sounds like a type of couch cushion. I guess I'm hoping to start a wave of first-name usage.

Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen.