My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

I am a believer and a conformist. Anyone can revolt; it is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart.

I am a believer and a conformist.

Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.

While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.

A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

The angry people are those people who are most afraid.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

I think it rather pathetic that so many people are looking forward to heaven to prove that their doctrinal position was correct.

We cannot continue to be a policeman for the rest of the world.

We're talking too much about what goes on in the stands, nothing about what goes on on the court.

I make appearances, but I really want to spend more time fishing. That is what I really enjoy doing with my spare time.