An artist must paint not simply surface light, but what is inside, what he sees within his subject

Art is the business of selling fetishes, sacred relics once touched by genius: what the forger offers the gullible buyer is not art, it is "authenticity

Vermeer's skill was in combining few colors, mixing little and using layers of lakes and varnishes to build up the illusion of life

An artist must paint not simply surface light but what is inside, what he sees within his subject

A sob caught in my chest. I didn't even know what a gray was, other than a drab color. All I knew was that I was hungry all the time. And I knew, deep down, that it wasn't just for food.

I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time.

The Psalms are the voices of the church.

Never touch another man's button.

I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.

That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.

I'm writing a political comedy that takes place in Canada in Quebec. It's funny. Saying political comedy is a little redundant but it's a first. I've never done any comedy per se.

I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.

I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in people, whether as escapism or relief. I think that is very valid.

All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.