No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.

Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents.

Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

Plant your flag, respectfully stand for truth, justice, and freedom for all.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.

The problem is that people basically dangle debt in front of us. And the cost for the poor of course is much higher than for the wealthy.

Evil is movement towards void.

What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?

You should know that I lead, not follow

God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.

I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.