One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

You only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expect it to be.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

What you have to do is to look at what's going to keep our economic growth going, what's going to make sure jobs are being created.

I don't want to call anyone an outright winner without having seen everything.

Don't you get it? It's the end of the world! That's exactly when you fall in love. When else?

There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

I look up to my mom. She's a beautiful woman.

Built like an oak tree, against which I could pitch my pillow and read; mornings, I could curl into the crook of your branches.

Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.

Nah. I’m a consultant, of course. Everyone’s favorite nondescript yet well-paid white-collar job.