It is the sense of unfamiliar envelopment that is impressive, whether in the living grays of hoarfrost, the crimson of the heavens at sunset, or the golden suffusions of autumn.

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.

I don't expect you to fight over me... But I do expect you to fight for me... for us.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.

If a little knowledge is dangerous - where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Generally, I love traveling because it's great to see new places.

I've always been really into action movies. Since I was little, that was my favorite type of film.

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.

I am opposed to all forms of control. I am for an absolute, laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.

Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.