I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.

Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder the sensation which possessed the artist.

To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.

I always start a painting with the sky.

A challenge only makes you stronger, wiser and a better person than you was yesterday.

From that altitude, the world looked calm and vivid and possible. But by the time we landed at Prestwick the clouds were down like the black cap on a hanging judge.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

I'd like to do a film which is funny.

Having something like an Australia points-based system means we control immigration and bring in the skills that we need.

The first film is everything you want to say and how you want to say it. Lots of directors will do that and do it really well, but the second film is not so easy.

My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.

Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known... then went crazy as a loon." Lisa Simpson

Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice.

Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.