Let me earnestly recommend...one studio which you may freely enter and receive in liberal measure the most sure and safe instruction...the Studio of Nature.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

Waste not your time on broad sketches in color.

There are no mighty mountains for the universe, because there are no mountains for the universe, no rivers, no sun and no clouds! There is only universe for the universe, just a single entity!

In the Imperialist Era, the foreign loan played an outstanding part as a means for young capitalist countries to acquire independence.

But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.

"Homicide: Life on the Street" is the best material I've had the chance to do.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

I want people to smile when they hear my name. I love everyone. I want to help make it a better time for the kids after me.

I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby.

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it was for them to breathe freely once more.

People say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, but the truth is you just never thought you’d ever lose it.

Worship is transcendent wonder.