Talk about life - but in your own way.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

Paint ideas, paint thought.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.

I don't know if this deception qualified as a half-step down the slippery slope. I had no sensation of sliding. But of course we never notice the descent until we're rocketing along at high velocity.

And most of the time, when you're young and dumb - you know everything! Charles Freeman Lee bebop pianist and trumpeter

Properly we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Ne'er look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last.

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand.

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.

Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.