A painting is finished when to have done less would be considered a sin and more a crime.

People ask me how long it took to make a work. I reply by giving them my age.

Works of art are landscapes of the mind.

My current works are abstracts cunningly disguised as landscapes. It is the Canadian way.

The only thing you have to fear more than failure is success.

Being fatigued and restless about challenging responsibilities could not lead you to a situation of yourself being highly respected about your dignity and accomplishments.

Evil gains work their punishment.

As you manage your money, you manage your life.

The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower

I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

I can't memorize names and shake hands at the same time.

If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.

The loony legacy of money was that the arithmetic by which things were measured had become more valuable than the things themselves.