The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.

Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.

Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

A painter is a choreographer of space.

I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.

It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it.

Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Toastmasters changed my life. They really did. Put me on the stage. I don’t know what I would have done without that positive boost.

I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth.

That person I was when I was a lot younger is not who I am today.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

The enthusiasm of old men is singularly like that of infancy.

If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more.

No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of your life bearable.

For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.