There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.
I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I am working on the same motifs over and over again, four or six times even.
I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
It is true that the American colonials have "free elections," in which they have the absolute right to vote for one of two opposing candidates, both of whom have been handpicked and financed by the Rockefeller syndicate. This touching evidence of "democracy" serves to convince most Americana that we are indeed a free people. We even have a cracked Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to prove it.
Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with. . . Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.
Great actors who I want to work with-have such a misconception of who I am because of all the things that get said about me.
God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.