I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what's expected of you. That's a formula for dead art, or fashionable art.

You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once.

In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen.

There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.

Every canvas is a journey all its own.

I follow the rules until I go against them all.

I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist.

What concerns me when I work, is not whether the picture is a landscape, or whether it's pastoral, or whether somebody will see a sunset in it. What concerns me is - did I make a beautiful picture?

I don't resent being a female painter. I don't exploit it. I paint.

Every child that receives life advice should keep in mind that in every parent’s past, there’s leftover booze and contraceptives.

Warning...well-loved stories are habit forming...

We're all broken, " Mor said. "In our own ways - in places no one might see.

They sicken of calm who know the storm.

Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.

Christ's gospel is the only true gospel.

I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.

I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.

How long do you want to wait until you start enjoying life? When you're sixty-five you get social security.

I do not wish you to act from these truths; no, still and always act from your feelings; only meditate often on these truths that sometime or other they may become your feelings.