One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The true traveler never arrives.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.

One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)

You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

Verily, affluence brings anxiety!

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.

Many of us are fortunate to be blessed with the ability to succeed - not for our sole benefit, but so we may apply the result of our success to assist others.

You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why. It comes around.

When I got this role, my daughter Molly said, 'Dad, you've come full circle.