But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede, reliefs or background. My eye never catches lines or details.

The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first.

The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.

I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow.

Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters

The dream of reason produces monsters

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

Monsters are the result of the sleep of reason.

Seek the light.

CS Lewis may make difficult questions accessible. I don't think he makes answers 'easy. – Debra Winger

Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.

Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

I want to do what I love, which is act, and hopefully through that, leave a positive impact somehow, someway, with somebody.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.

I think Darth Maul has been on a vicious cycle, he's been on a merry go round. In some way he's begging for Obi-Wan Kenobi to take him off that ride.