I believe in deeply ordered chaos

Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

If you can talk about it, why paint it?

If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.

When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting.

I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you to try and do. I feel that without a subject you automatically go back into decoration because you haven't got the subject which is always eating into you to bring it back - and the greatest art always returns you to the vulnerability of the human situation.

A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.