A work of art can only come from the interior of man. Art is the form of the image formed upon the nerves, heart, brain and eye of man.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

DONNA: "She said she knew it in her heart. Do you know how many times I've been wrong about things I knew in my heart?

God loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it.

Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.

It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.

Do I look like the kind of person who gives a ****

A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.

Going through your late teens and early 20s is not an easy time, especially in Hollywood. So you just learn your lessons, you make your mistakes and you move on.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.