Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

There was no opiate like a French pillow.

- You get more misanthropic every day.- I get older every day. My experience of human nature gets wider and deeper.

What you are will show in what you do.

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient

If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on the batter a rally.

I kicked a boy in the shins in second grade for making fun of my father.