If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.

I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.

It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.

To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

Everybody should believe in something I believe I'll have another drink.

Everything's funny - in the right context and done by the right person.

Psychology was going to be my minor in college. I've always been really interested in the human mind, which is probably why I'm an actor.

You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past.

If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.

All my life I dreamed of an apartment in Paris where I could cook, and now I have one, on the Left Bank.

Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

I am still here because I like to prove myself. I still like to ride the bike on track and enjoy the races. I still have good reasons to be in racing after so many years.

Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.