I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error...

Never do anything local or insignificant

But thought has no eyelids to close or ears to block...

Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yourself and others will value you. Validation is best that comes from within.

True ambition is trying to paint yourself out of a corner

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved. Some fear them but they fear everyone.

I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there.

The only religion that still demands human sacrifice is nationalism.

Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.

How lucky my life is that I have two arms, and two legs, and ten fingers with which to make things out of wood.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.