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

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.

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

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.

I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life.

The Cheyenne Indians: their history and lifeways : edited and illustrated

This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.

The wisdom of the Moon is greater than the wisdom of the Earth, because the Moon sees the universe better than the Earth can see it!

GOD gave you this life because HE knew you could handle it.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

When you stop being afraid you feel good

I have no problems with the NC-17 rating. I want more NC-17 films. More adult cinema!