He and I had a bridge that no one else traveled that made us artistic lovers, passionate without a touch of the flesh. He made me thrive, and valuing that, I could do nothing that would endanger it.

Look long enough, out or in, and you’ll be glad you are who you are.

If two people love the same thing, she reasoned, then they must love each other, at least a little, even if they never say it.

What the world calls failure, I call learning.

Everybody works . . . . That's what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer.

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.

Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life..."It's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground.

No one but another painter could know the delicacy required to balance the complexities, to keep reality at bay in order to remain in the innermost center of his work.

If you feel joy when you do something unselfish for him, and would just as soon do it in secret as openly, then that rings of the true metal

I absorbed as many Impressionist paintings as I could, in Parisian museums and in many museums in the United States and in books, looking for clues to architecture, clothing, settings.

To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.

A dream is a divine prophecy.

I could stand alone because I knew I was not alone.

For the entrance is low: we must stoop till we are no taller than children to get in.

Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6].

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of collective wisdom.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

I'm starting to mistrust my judgment.

Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier