Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought.

The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live.

The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other man.

The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it.

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old.

What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?

A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work.

I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.

Hobbies may eventually grow into a major activity that brings money

You will need to know when to be assertive and wise enough to know when to exercise patience

I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it.

When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on earth.

The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I don't owe Don King anything. I got things with my own sweat and blood. I don't know if I'll be associated with Don but I won't be a slave or puppet for him.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution is a duty!

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion