I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

Talk about life - but in your own way.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

Paint ideas, paint thought.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute.

It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.

Anger is loaded with information and energy.

That's kind of how I've based my career. I find talented people and beg me to let me work with them.

DC used to print up all of their pages, they were the only company that did it.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.

I'm not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again.