Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

Creativity is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Creativity encircles the world.” I am enough of a painter to draw freely upon my creativity.

Your hardest time will be the most memorable time of your life if you can endure it.

I tried to find something I already knew about life that might help me reach out and touch my brother and get him to look at me and himself.

The government is concerned about the population explosion and the population is concerned about the government explosion.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

For I have seyn of a ful misty morwe Folowen ful ofte a myrie someris day.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different story every day.

Here is another miserable mental image I will have to catalog and make room for.