“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

Fear arises sooner than anything else.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.

The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Motion is created by the destruction of balance.

I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

A movie is never finished, only abandoned.

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

Chasing unavailable people is self abandonment.

How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?

I’ve never abandoned the novel.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

The wind sounded of Mother Earth’s forsaken and abandoned cries.