The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.

I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.

It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.

To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

My wife says when I go out to the refrigerator, I do three minutes (entertaining) when the light goes on!

In government, the scum rises to the top.

Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

When I was a child, I used to cry all the time.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.