If you're not excited about the subject, the viewer won't be either.

People aren't interested in blueprints; they want to sense the painter's involvement and pleasure in the subject. . . . Paint a sense of place.

When you paint things exactly as they are, you don't show people anything that they couldn't see for themselves; you're telling them what they already know.

If fact were enough, you could take a photo of the subject. Unlike the sensitive observer, however, the camera never selects or comments, never adds or subtracts.

You can write a letter with a typewriter, a pencil, or a crayon. What you have to say is the important thing.

Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years.

God gave you them shoes to fit you, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself man, be proud of who you are. Even if it sounds corny, don’t let no one tell you, you ain’t beautiful.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The establishment of Christianity . . . arrested the normal development of the physical sciences for over fifteen hundred years.

I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

There's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.

When in doubt, zoom out.

If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

The world is a living image of God.