Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

A landscape painting in which composition is ignored is like a line taken from a poem at random: it lacks context, and may or may not make sense.

Depression weakens a person at every level and bullies can smell weakness like dogs smell fear.

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.

My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

Who has that perfect faith and trust? Only such a person with that faith and trust can be enlightened.

I'll support Donald [Trump] if he's the Republican nominee.

I encourage costumers to not focus on trends but to just wear whatever they feel like wearing because I think that's when a woman looks most attractive - when she's the most comfortable.

Writing can be wonderful therapy, and cheap at the price. At the very least, you eventually get bored by thinking about anxious topics and move on.