There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being.

Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good.

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.

He asked her for coffee, but she wanted tea instead.

My teeth ache, my gums hurt, and my cat is tearing me apart, wanting you in every way imaginable. Your body. Your magic. Your fire spirit. Your blood.

My work is mostly about longing, human relationships, science and children - and a little bit about ghosts and reincarnation.

President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that.

Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears

Sometimes, God is going to have you sow a seed. Sometimes, God is going to have you water a seed that someone else sows. Sometimes, God is going to have you reap where others have sowed and watered.

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans.

You can never learn it all and I hope to continue my growth as a person and a musician

I will fear no evil for I am the baddest beast in the land. (Nick)

Cats cant speak, that's common sense. -Yoruichi