It is ultimately character that underwrites art.

Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.

I never decided at all to be an artist; being an artist seems to have happened to me.

The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.

No one questions the fact that verbal language has to be learned, but the commonplaceness of visual experience betrays art; people tend to assume that, because they can see, they can see art.

Artists have no choice but to express their lives.

Art comes into the highest part of the mind, that with which we can know the presence of God.

I've struggled all my life to get maximum meaning in the simplest possible form.

the knowledge of personal failure ... is the invaluable predicate of all honest compassion.

I have no home but me.

I have slowly come to realize that a family is composed of people who are teaching one another.

Work on your craft, whatever your medium. Determination is your illusion headway toward reality.

A smile you gift is a smile you earn… Gift a smile to your parents, friends, or even a stranger.

When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

The government businesses, they all operate in the Tasmanian economy and as the economy strengthens the demand for services in those areas strengthens.

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

I really think there is a certain destiny in my life to lead people.

Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.