Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.
How slow life is, how violent hope is.
Paint with whatever material you please - with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, painted paper, or newspapers.
Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed.
I hate artists who are not of their time.
We cannot carry our father's corpse with us everywhere we go.
One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.
No need to repent, no need to forgive - reverse 'evil' to live.
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
Behind every great woman is a great behind!
Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.