I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president. . . and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude. '
Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.
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.
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart. "
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
Sometimes I still don't know if I'm prepared to go through the entire season, dealing with the different personalities, the crowds, the politics.
You've been thinking about something without willing to for a long time. . . Then, all of a sudden, the problem is opened to you in a flash and you suddenly see the answer.