I am not sure that it is a bad thing to go to a school, as I did, where the boys threw things at me, and asked if there was nothing else I could do [but draw].

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do.

Do not try to paint the grandiose thing. Paint the commonplace so that it will be distinguished.

Don't try to make comparisons between your own pictures. Forget what you have done and think only of making the best of what you are doing.

Combine a certain amount of indifference with your ambition. Be carefully careless. If you don't succeed today, there is always tomorrow.

Do not imagine that I would disregard that thing that lies beneath the mask... but be sure that when the outside is rightly seen, the thing that lies under the surface will be found upon your canvas.

I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.

It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it.

Design is everything.

You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on natures own hues and tints.

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

If one takes responsibility for the mistakes, he is the true person, isn’t it? Do not insist. Instead of insisting, instead of blaming others, take the responsibility of the mistakes on your head!

It's easy to make money, a lot tougher to make a difference

The ability to see the future does not require sight just Vision and Passion to embrace Change for a better American future.-12-05-2013

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used but they'll remember how you made them feel.

I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.

I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves.

When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.

Men want to destroy the women: you've become bigger than me, people love you more, you have a public platform, that's my space you're taking up. I can't just divorce you, I have to destroy you.

But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?