Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by being painted out.

The painting cannot be laid aside even for a day; for it takes constant work to keep 'flowing,' but above that it takes concentration, which in our language is consecration.

It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds to it.

I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting.

I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world - to pronounce it -- and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.

I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us towards the ultimate reality.

Death, it seems, has a mind of its own.

It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Though God knows why we should feel it, when we look around and see who is wanted too.

Every burden is a blessing.

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

The Prohibition era is so vividly depicted in Lawless. John Hillcoat does a remarkable job of rooting his film in such a tangible reality.

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

Everything about my life is about winning a national championship

For the amount of talent I had (and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke) I enjoyed a tremendous career.

Time is money, but also money is money.

Work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find.