I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.

Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

Grace is a free sacred gift from God.

After four thousand years we can’t even prove that reality exists beyond the mind of the first-person dreamer.

Ignorance need not remove the crown on the head of a king before making him a slave

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.’ Hans Arp

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

Adam was a super being when God created him...

Sausage making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up.

You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it.

Jonathan Edwards developed a Calvinistic strand of the doctrine.