The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

Talk about life - but in your own way.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

Paint ideas, paint thought.

The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time.

Your choice is your choice and you need to accept what happens, not shift the blame to someone else if it doesn't turn out your way.

There are no mistakes in art.

One of the most important factors not only in military matters but in life as a whole is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade.

He looks," Simon had once said to Isabelle, "like he's thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he'll punch you in the face.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

What's interesting is that my style is a lot crazier than what I project out there. It's a lot edgier.

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

Ease, a neutral state between pain and pleasure ... if it is not rising into pleasure will be falling towards pain.