Nothing is more abstract than reality.

One can travel this world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at what you do see.

I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquillity and privacy, moods which I have always valued above all else.

Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble.

What interests me the most is expressing what's in nature, in the visible world, that is.

You cannot demonstrate your own greatness by remaining at one extreme, but by reaching out to both extremes at the same time, and filling the intermediate space.

A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life.

I have never thought that the man of Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays of Shakespeare.

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.

I said kiss me again.” A sultry smile curved her lips. “Would that be such a difficult task to perform?”Christ almighty, she wanted him to kiss her again. And she was ordering him to do so.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Try not to see it as an invitation to compete.

I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his music is the epitome of order.

Guilt is the teacher, love is the lesson.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

This is a time to unify, this is a time to heal.

Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people.