I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.

All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.

It was a startling task to undertake, for the Book of Mormon had never been illustrated before, at least on any professional level. There were no precedents.

There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.

Travis: Happy anniversary, Pidge.Abby: One down, forever to go.

Whether we like it or not, life has a lot of drama and pain. But God is writing a great story. Are we going to let Him? Are we going to trust Him?

The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to try to live up to the fantastic image of the 10th Muse!

As intuition grows, the need to make problems and see complications starts to dwindle.

I always see what’s... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see what’s wrong. I never see what’s right. It’s not a recipe for happiness.

I don't think we can ever learn much from ultra-sensitive, shifty faces, skilled in disguise, that hide themselves in lust, as beasts hide to die.

The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.

Humility is royalty without a crown.

The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?

If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.