I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.

History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.

I'm always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.

I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from the back of a pig's ear. It's that simple.

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings.

If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all.

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

I went to the University of Minnesota, and I met this amazing artist named Cameron Boothe there who was in World War I, who studied with Hans Hoffman in Munich.

never trust anyone who says they do not see color. this means to them, you are invisible.

Be strong and take action to achieve your dream.

A scale can tell what a body weighs, but not its value.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take of care themselves.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

I think that if you're a good enough actor you hope that eventually the material will find you.

I think you learn. You learn from your mistakes. You learn from things you do and try to stay away from the negatives in your life. I think I've grown.

Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.

Most politicians are not authentic.