It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.

Duty should be a byproduct.

Think of yourself as incandescent power, illuminated perhaps and forever talked to by God and his messengers.

... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.

If only I had a wife!" I used to think, "who could stay home and keep the children happy, why I could support six of them. A cinch.

The best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it.

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.