Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks.

Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.

There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.

When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place is more important than the people.

Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.

Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.

Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization.

The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.

She thought she loved him. She was crazy.

Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.

When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.'

There are so many dramatic actors where I would give all of my anything to have their careers, but I don't think I can try to follow anyone.

A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.

A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening...

A career is a job that has gone on too long.

Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own.

Maid Marion, who said to Robin Hood, I will not live in a house with a Little John. Never got a dinner!

I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy.