I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a sea shell, holding my ear against the rough bark of the trunk, hearing the inner singing of the sap. It's a lovely sound, the beating of the heart of the tree.

The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different way.

anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.

We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.