A gifted small girl has explained that pins are a great means of saving life, "by not swallowing them.
The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.
The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.
Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. My fundamental purpose is to interpret the typical American. I am a story teller.
I paint life as I would like it to be.
Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative.
If a picture wasn't going very well I'd put a puppy dog in it, always a mongrel, you know, never one of the full bred puppies. And then I'd put a bandage on its foot. . . I liked it when I did it, but now I'm sick of it.
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining some measure of the divine perfection. It does not enjoin that which pleases a weak, frail man, but, without any regard to persons, commands that which is good and punishes evil in all, whether rich or poor, high or low.
I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.
I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do.
My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice.