I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.

Act like everyone you meet is an angel, because sometimes they will be an angel. Would you cuss out that person if you knew that they were an angel that was about to save your life in a few seconds?

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little bit more cynical.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

One of the marks of an educated man today is to know what not to read--what not to see or what not to listen to.

He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

Today is Earth Day. Environmentalists spent the day drawing attention to the Earth, while the Earth just spent the day checking Facebook to see which planets wished it a happy Earth Day.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

I think we should all learn to listen more to America.

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.