Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years ago.

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.

If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win.

The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial.

I think of you now mare than ever. It's raining today.

My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'

The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

When I first started writing the album, "Cry Baby" was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid.

I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk.

I dote on myself. There is a lot of me and all so luscious.