The art world loves to throw things out and bring new things in. There's always this new circle of artists entering every five years.

Consuming is an endless treadmill.

Constant change is part of the American culture for most people.

Incorporating an awareness of style in the paintings gives them a kind of electricity and holds them together. It can plug you into the moment at which they were made.

If people try to push me over into the category of not being a major success, I can think to myself, "Well, of course I'm not. I just started!"

I hate to be sporty and athletic. I wish that I could be, but I just wasn't born that way.

Beauty is achieved through perfection of body and mind.

Gratitude is unquestionably one of the major keys to attracting more blessings and living a quality life.

Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Nothing done with the focus on God is ever a waste of time.

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

It happens sometimes that the material itself carries things you have not fully planned. The footage has its own right, its own life, its own vibrancy and energy in it.