Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

The principal person in a picture is light.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

He who must travel happily must travel light.

I think it's important to find a line that suits your body, your body type, that you're comfortable in.

Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.

I'm looking to get better, and anything that will help me accomplish that, I'm all ears.

Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.

If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place on day one.

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.

I am me and I am okay.