To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

One never paints violently enough.

Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

We had been two sides of the same coin, attached by a force stronger than family or friends. We had been one.

She is neither an explorer nor a mapmaker, but she can always find her way to my heart.

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

All's well with thee if thou art in just hands.

All roads that lead to God are good.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

I want to make sure all Minnesotans have the opportunity to experience prosperity.

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?

If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.