Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.

If light is the spiritual quality of painting, color is surely its heart and passion.

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation.

I firmly believe that a representational painting is only as strong as its abstract components.

The search for a meaningful painting subject is a search for ourselves.

[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.

The devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait.

[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts.

Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.

If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.

To learn anything, you must put aside the safety of your ignorance.

If we don't occupy ourself with everything, then peaceful mind will have nowhere to abide.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.