Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with harmony of sound or of color.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.

Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.

The definition of a relationship is like a shower. You go in when it is cold, and come out when it is too hot.

If we believe in what God made and what God said, we will believe in the One whom God sent.

I think the very best attitude for anyone investing in the stock market is to make up his mind to lose money.”— The Duchess Gloriana XII

…the known had been so long dwarfed by the unknown that confusion was an easy bedfellow.

I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.

I was born when my dad was 50... It's weird growing up with a dad that much older than you. We'd go to the movies, we're both getting discounts.

Throw a lucky man into water and he'll surface with a fish in his mouth.

To be responsible, keep your promises to others. To be successful, keep your promises to yourself.

I do have complicated feelings about Hollywood, but I also have tremendously affectionate ones.

Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all.