If the imagination is shackled, and nothing is described but what we see, seldom will anything truly great be produced either in Painting or Poetry

It is the sky that makes the earth so lovely at sunrise, and so splendid at sunset. In the one it breathes over the earth the crystal-like ether, in the other the liquid gold.

We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out is our own ignorance and folly.

To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist.

How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.

Amid those scenes of solitude... the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things.

Overall, rocks, wood and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its innermost depths.

None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life.

Nothing is invented and brought to perfection all at once.

I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the common details.

How I have walked... day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!

Wisdom is merely the counter power used against on your unique talents to prevent them turning into your deadly curses.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.

I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.

Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent bombing becomes too much to take.

If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

She who pays the undertaker calls the tune.

Meditation has to become your heartbeat; even when you are asleep the meditation continues like an undercurrent

Fashions come and fashions go, but pockets are usually the same. There's little change in them.