A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

I do not admit... that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia... by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race... has come in and taken its place.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.