Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.

It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds.

Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.

Don't paint the apple; paint the red.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.

Start planning from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream.

I don't know if cats understand what their owners say, but they do have a strong survival instinct.

First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.

Body my house my horse my hound what will I do when you are fallen

I love shoes. I am a shoe fanatic. I have a special closet in my home just for my shoes.

When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.