I felt before I thought

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

The landscapist lives in silence.

The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.

Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?

The brain cannot learn without wondering, listening, and making connections while your myelin part of your brain develops and grows" ― Sage Canny

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

To die quickly in one's eighth decade at the very top of one's powers is an enviable end, and not an occasion for mourning.

There is a time and a place for everything. There is a time and a place for talk. And there is a time and a place for action.

The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself.

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

I had been making a lot of family oriented movies, which I also like. But I still have a passion for the midnight audience and for midnight movies.

This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.

There is a narrative to every life, and I believe in the classic mode of storytelling that goes back to Homer and carries through to today.