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When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
O come all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.
Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
Remember that nothing really important ever happens until someone takes a chance.
Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience.
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.
My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Winning becomes easier over time as the cornerstones of confidence become habits.
I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
I think its nice when people find love, because I feel like everyone deserves it.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.
A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can't wait to exchange.
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
Nothing can be achieved without hope or confidence. Be sure you always have both!
Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek permanence.
You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
There are times we need to tell ourselves, "Good job!" when we know that is true.
Knowing when it is over is the beginning of a new life and the end of an old one.