Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
I am a believer and a conformist.
A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.
For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.
My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.
Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.
Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical.
Our greatest challenge today is to couple conviction with doubt. By conviction, I mean some pragmatically developed faith, trust, or centeredness; and by doubt I mean openness to the ongoing changeability, mystery, and fallibility of the conviction.
Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.