The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?

Love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself.

We need women friends, women who challenge us.

Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering.

I'm only as successful as the guy that lives down the street from me.

The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything!

Many years ago Christian pioneers had to fight savage Indians. Today missionaries of these former cultures are being sent via the public schools to heathenize our children.

When people think of Aerosmith, I want them to think of the music we've made and nothing else. I don't want the responsibility of some young kid trying to live his life like I did back in the '70's.

Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons.