Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error...

A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.

In life and love, there are no impossibilities.

Be swift to hear slow to speak slow to wrath.

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.

I always did each show for about two years. So if you play the music, it just comes back to me.

I love performing. There is an ego in me that loves to be in front of people.

I like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping.

We need to do more than win an election or win the House or win the presidency, my friends: we need to make this beloved country of ours God's country once again.

Death deserves dignity.

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.