In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

A principal fruit of friendship, is the ease and discharge of the fullness and swellings of the heart, which passions of all kinds do cause and induce.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

You want accuracy, but not representation. If you know how to make the figuration, it doesn't work. Anything you can make, you make by accident. In painting, you have to know what you do, not how, when you do it.

A good conscience is a continual feast.