I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early.

Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.

I'm interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don't want anything to get in the way of this feeling.

Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint.

A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages.

It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.

Sometimes God seems to be killing us when He is actually saving us.

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.

Put on light-coloured clothes and some perfume, take care of your body and do everything you can to fight against the forces of darkness. It is not an easy struggle, but it is worthwhile.

The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?

I love B.C., but you know what taxes are like in Canada.

It is a pledge that senility has not the last say in everything.