The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.

If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win.

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial.

Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health.

Life is a book. There are many pages to be written.

You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

Right now at this very moment we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day.

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

gettimg attached to things is pointless. Thats how things get screwed up.People care to much about everything. Let it go. You'll be happier.