Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing manner along the continuity of its variety.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.

I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.

I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

One's duty is always and everywhere to be true to one's own experience.

It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks of your life. All that matters is what you think of it, and what you decide to make of it.

I am tremendously moved anytime anyone gives birth to something from deep within themselves that is pure and authentic.

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!

Never do coke with an intern ... they may not be 21

I guess I'm in a trivial pursuit question. It's really weird.

the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style.

I'm not trying to kill you, I only want to make you stronger