I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.

Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents.

Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

If your eyes and mind can SEE IT, the body does not require external motivation to get motivated.

I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.

Monoculture is mono for the earth.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

I don't need the definition of society, I'll just do my little thing in my corner and I'll be satisfied. I think that's important nowadays.

The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.

Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.