Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

A true conversion is always only between a man and God.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

Only art means anything.

My path is about Joy.

... when caught unawares I usually tell the truth, and what's duller than that?

These are not necessarily our agendas, but we feel a part of what a performer is, and what a performer has to say is more than just words and music.

Migration is a feature of globalisation. You can’t stop it; so every time a political party says it is going to be tough on immigration, it fails to deliver and loses trust.

So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.

Nothing is hopeless that is right.

Politics is a delicate business. I understand that well. But if a party is not willing to stand up for what is right, does it deserve to win back control of the government?