The mark of genius is consistency. Do we hear of naive genius piano players? If anyone knows of one, try listening to it for an hour.

Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.

An ego should be like a warm breeze, never seen, just mildly sensed.

Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out.

If you are happy, you are a geezer.

If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white... it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.

History reveals that left-brain people have been creating art for a long time now.

The process of painting offers an infinite array of possibilities. The closer in unification to just one of those, the better the painting becomes.

I just wanted to see my people smile. Brazillian people suffer so much. I just wanted them to smile

Sometimes it is best to burn paintings that just don't burn.

The foundation is in place, and now we have to get to work.

When we take our doubts and questions to Christ, we get truthful answers. We get complete answers. We get the love, wisdom, and support we need.

Prayer is a spiritual act.

For all prayer is answered. Don't tell God how to answer it.

I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.

It should seem that Negroes, of all Americans, would be found in the Free-thought fold, since they have suffered more than any other class of Americans from the dubious blessings of Christianity.

And God help them both, if it hadn’t been for Saxton, Qhuinn would have dropped the l-word right then and there, even though the timing was stupid.

There are some movies that I absolutely hate but someone else loves - people love things for different reasons.

Nihil tam acerbum est in quo non æquus animus solatium inveniat. There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind can not find some solace for it.

Pain is a coward. He flees when faced by the irresistible power of the will-to-live, which is more strongly rooted in the flesh than the intensest passion is rooted in the spirit.

All I've undergone I will keep on.