Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The true traveler never arrives.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart.

Give life a purpose to pursue.

Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

You can take my cars or my house, just don't mess with my clothes.

An idea upon which attention is peculiarly concentrated is an idea which tends to realize itself.

It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth.

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.

I think it's the broadest source of dissatisfaction amongst Republicans, out-of-control spending.