It is the incompetent and the neglected artist who charges the public with ignorance, stupidity, and indifference. He raves loudly, but he is incomprehensible, even inarticulate, in his work.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

To find yourself again and again, get lost in true love.

Do not be devilish.

Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.

The crabby little girls of today are the crabby old women of tomorrow!

Those that hope little cannot grow much.

The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes.

I was writing before I met Rick and actually I created the band before Rick Finch. Basically, the first album, I wrote. Who's to say what would've happened? Rick was very talented too.

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if you're not open to receiving feedback.

I can no more imagine falling in love with someone who believed that than I can imagine falling in love with someone who believes that blacks shouldn't be able to vote and are inferior to whites.