I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

Let me earnestly recommend...one studio which you may freely enter and receive in liberal measure the most sure and safe instruction...the Studio of Nature.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

Waste not your time on broad sketches in color.

Every fool has an idea how to change the world. Wise people think about how to improve the world around them.

The fullness ends when we give Nature her ransom, when we make children for her. Then she is through with us, and we become, first inside, and then outside, junk. Flower stalks.

You build walls to fortify your heart, and blame on others for your loneliness.

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.

Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.

Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

In the modern world there's no such thing as formality. A dinner jacket used to mean a tuxedo, you know?

The world exists to set us free.