The eye-is it not the mirror of the soul in all living creatures?

My dream is to show the fire which comes out of the horses' nostrils; the dust which rises from their hooves. I want this to be an infernal waltz.

I became an animal painter because I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.

if we don't always understand animals, they always understand us.

The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.

The point of departure must always be a vision of the truth. The eye is the route of the soul, and the pencil or brush must sincerely and naïvely reproduce what it sees.

The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures.

But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.

Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.

Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.

I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.

If we did not take great pains, and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us.

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

Some of the most exciting space education in the country is not coming out of Washington or New York or California or even Texas. It's coming from a place in Kansas called the Cosmosphere.

Depth of feeling and clarity of thought isn’t the same as knowing.

you're like a siren, leading me into dangerous places

In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.