There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away.

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

Do whatever you do intensely.

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

Life is fragile.Be cautious in life.

Because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.

Putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun.

Kingdom laws are inherent to the native of mankind

When I met Letterman, he told me he thought 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' was the greatest Christmas song he ever heard, and he wanted me to be on his show to sing it.

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

I would give you everything of myself. I would give you more in two weeks than most men would give you in a lifetime.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

Even if we remain flexible, we need ground rules.

Everyone says I'm like the girl next door... Y'all must have really weird neighbors!