Nature, my dear sir, is only a hypothesis.

I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.

Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.

The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.

One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

Explore the deep ocean.

The formal definition of impact is a forcible contact between two things, and God has designed our lives for a collision course with the world.

Three life lessons: 1.No one will see you. 2.No one will say anything. 3.No one will save you.

Do work you love and are passionate about, look outside of the world of graphic design for inspiration.

Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm.

The river that flows in you also flows in me.

The word 'question' is derived from the Latin quaerere 'to seek,' which is the same root as the word for quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions are useful guides.

As long as something is happening it really does not matter if it is of God, of man or of the devil.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

Progress? It ought to be stopped, that's what I say. If the Lord meant chickens to come out of incubators he'd never have made hens, it stands to reason.