It is so much better to make a big thing out of a little subject than to make a little thing out of a big one.

Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly.

The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula.

Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint.

Put variety in white.

Each day has its own individuality of color.

Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.

Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.

A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished.

By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it seem part of a large composition.

Study continuously, developing yourself into a better person, more sensitive to things in nature. Spend years in getting ready.

Strength and weakness are both mental constructs. Now you choose, what's preferable for you.

You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.

I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.

I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can't love me

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend.

We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.

The next wave of medical advances will be when we come to recognize the body as an energetic system.

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.

The oxygen cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle, the water cycle - all of these are linked to the existence of life in the sea.

You are the instrument of your own illumination.