Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?

As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.

Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.

A hard word follows us and later falls upon him who pronounced it, like a ray of vengeance.

We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.