Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might ask how much polish can the grit of bias actually create?

Developing strong interpersonal relationships by creating lasting connections instead of just passing acquaintances will take your business to a new level.

One need not hope in order to undertake nor succeed in order to persevere.

It takes 300 years, it seems, for the great bands to get their due.

Never run back to what broke you.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses.

What I want to know from students, and I ask them right away, is, 'What do you want? I don't care what it is. I want to help you get it.

If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.

We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America!