It is evident that no derivative laws can teach the young student to see and apprehend colour in nature. His perception needs development as urgently as his muscles.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.

I'm happy and thankful that people are messing with the Dolla $ign.

Consciousness is not mind; it is the ground of all being, the ground of both matter and mind. Matter and mind are both possibilities of consciousness.

At the heart of the matter of masculine excess is a great longing for the love and approval of a father, a man who can tell another man that his masculinity is splendid enough and he can now relax.

Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful.

Life supports me every step of the way!

It is hard to stay focused with so much swirling around me. God is distracting. He never stops talking, and I can never stop listening. There is a reason we sleep.

Speed kills colour... the gyroscope, when turning at full speed, shows up gray.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.