Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it.... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts.

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of it and lies low over the earth, heavy and dense. Even the sea is wetter than usual!

I can rise above the humility of my failure with an intense desire to search deeper and a blind faith that some day my sight may pierce through the veils that hide. I know God's face is there if I keep my gaze steady enough.

Do not try to do extraordinary things but do ordinary things with intensity.

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.