An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.

Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know.

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.

The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society.

Only an individual can imagine, invent, or create. The whole audience of art is an audience of individuals.

I love chaos.... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world.

Art almost always has its ingredient of impudence, its flouting of established authority, so that it may substitute its own authority and its own enlightenment.

It may be a point of great pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospects of having Van Gogh himself in the living room would put a great many devoted art lovers to rout.

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them.

To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter.

You are not here merely to making a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.

Be the light of peace to drive away the darkness of hatred.

Find the alignment between your gifts, skills, experiences and people’s needs. Therein is your secret to tap into the unknown

All my life I dreamed of having someone think I was beautiful.

Don't treat your husband the way he deserves, but as Christ expects.

Which is the least spoken language, world-wide?The language of Truth

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.

When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved.