I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing manner along the continuity of its variety.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.

I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.

I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons.

You can learn from mistakes only when you realize you made one.

Hate and love were both conceived in fear, perhaps that was why they were nearly the same thing, but only one was steeped in hope.

I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.

Reality TV's pretty tricky for me. I don't really watch anything like that, because I think it's brain-sucking.

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.

Sorry, we've got ghosts.

Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys.

The advantages of a virtual production pipeline are that you can reduce the footprint of your production down to the size of the stage.

In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent.

Passionately enjoy life!