After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.
Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.
From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.
Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.
If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.
If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.
The most important thing for our species is, before it speaks, to listen to its environment. That has a higher priority in any species' survival. We need to be listening to our environment - in other words, restoring the quiet - not just to our natural areas, but also to towns like Portland, Maine.
To try to help people have babies in a healthy way and to celebrate the process of delivering a child which will be healthy is, I think, almost the best part of healthcare.
The only way I'll ever get hurt in the casino is if there's an earthquake and a slot machine falls on my foot.
The ultimate [travel destination] for me would be one perfect day in San Francisco. There's no city like it anywhere. And, if I could be there with the girl of my dreams, that would be the ultimate!