The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought.

The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live.

The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other man.

The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it.

The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old.

What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?

A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work.

She shrugs."Men""Men.""If we can send one man to the moon, why can't we send them all there?

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

my cousin Shirley, who never complains, screamed and screamed when she was having her baby. True, this was just during conception.

We will continue to see a convergence of the digital and physical world. Those who conquer that trend will be market leaders.

I say the sentences again and again in my head until they sound right.

He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing.

I understand the needs of both the military and the veteran, and that has helped me tremendously as a congressman. I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.

I see in my friends that don't have kids, when they come over, and the amount of times our conversation gets interrupted by my children. It's almost jarring.