The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

If you want a sense of purpose for experiencing pressures, use your knowledge of Jesus Christ's comforting, enlivening, energizing presence to be a comfort to others.

You are mine, November. Until the day you leave this earth, you are mine.

There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

Prevarication, how divine! I always did get along better with sinners.

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.

I had a planned C-section and I cried the entire day before I had the baby.

In this country, some people start being miserable about growing old while they are still young.

Why not start over because every promise made is not kept, why not start over so the American people can debate [the health care law] again?!