There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

The principal person in a picture is light.

Where there is not the slightest of misery

Peace in the home is the peace for the community.

Having no need to judge, control, react, so forgiveness does not even arise.

Be humble. Be yourself.

Right now, we do not act as a true society. We act as a world under terror, just scrambling to survive.

The only difference between the Coyotes and 'Days of Our Lives' is that nobody has been shot on our team yet.

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.

My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.

The Thieves of Eddis don't have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder.

Well, one thing for sure, I won't be remembered for 'Free Willy.' Or maybe I will.