You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.

Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.

The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.

You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.

You know, I use organic products, but I get [laser treatments]. It's what makes life interesting, finding the balance between cigarettes and tofu.

O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!

Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun.

All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.

Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.