Waste not your time on broad sketches in color.

Let me earnestly recommend...one studio which you may freely enter and receive in liberal measure the most sure and safe instruction...the Studio of Nature.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

I think the UN's role - especially since it's not an extremely rich fund, and that's to put it mildly - is mainly to act as a leading thinker of the world in terms of how to think about the future.

Wrestling is realer than reality TV.

Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing.

No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.

All I can say to the kids is if you've a problem in fishing or life, if you talk to an older person, you're gonna end up alright, because nine times out of 10, they've been through the same thing.

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

He only who gave life has a power over it.

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.