Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.

A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

It is unreasonable to expect all children to develop correctly in unnatural man-made electromagnetic radiation fields.

Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.

Secrets are what can ease or crush a soul, mend or destroy a heart, and rescue or murder a life.

Agility within and of itself is a strategy.

I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.

This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.

My desire is to walk with God every day.

...to be paid for one's joy is to steal.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.