Cherish the people who make up your home, and you'll notice the hearth fires burn brighter than ever before.

The most important key to a more romantic life: you have to be willing to pay attention

I view art as an inspirational tool.

My life shines with God's radiant blessings when my heart is the color of joy

I'm working on a snow scene right now, and it's summer. It's hot, and I will get chilly. I'll have to turn on the heat. My wife walks in, and it's 95 degrees in the studio. I know it's nutty, but it's a projection you have where you step into the painting.

The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. Im on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.

High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.