When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of year for flowers and birds in North America.

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.

If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win.

The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial.

I stepped out and the sun was shining. And the birds were chirping. It was the nicest day we'd had in ages. A couple of bunnies scampering about. It could have been the start of a Disney flick.

My heart is eternally yours, but my soul will always be hell bound.

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.

A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

I expect from our judges that their verdicts are also inspired by Talmudic law - and not only by common law or European justice systems.

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.

There is nothing so revered yet so reviled as war; for even as it brings out the worst in men, it also brings out the best in them.

I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin.