How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident.

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.

Don't talk of what you are 'going to do!' Do it!

Imagination comes in after we have experience.

You are to draw not reality, but the appearance of reality!

Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.

Believe that time is going to help you do what you want.

You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples.

Elaboration is not beauty, and sand-paper never finished a piece of bad work.

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.

Inspiration is nothing without work.

If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.... you have a dream.

Good government has to mean less government.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

So they grew, and they grew, to the church steeple tops And they couldn't grow up any higher; So they twin'd themselves into a true lover's knot, For all lovers true to admire.

We need not want what we are the middle of.

All games contain the idea of death.

Every city in the world always has a gang, a street gang, or the so-called outcasts.

I mean it. Like, people always talk about how God doesn’t ever give you more than you can handle, but I’m telling you right now, I cannot handle this. This is just too much!

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.