It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space.

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale.

That is why we profess a spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.

Silence is so accurate.

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas.

I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas.

I joined a small but growing post-Trotskyite Luxembourgist sect.

I would say television is a focus, and expanding our channel platform is a focus. As for buying libraries, when catalogs are going down in value, the answer is that it's all about price!

I realized some time ago that, while there are really, really high quality schools in urban India - my daughter attends one - there are very few high quality schools in rural India. And that is mostly because of the perception that there are not enough people to pay a reasonable fee in rural India.

Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.

I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.

The simplest type of breakdown exhibits itself as an oscillation in a goal seeking process which appears only when that process is actively invoked.

An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.

I guess I figured out my dad was a fight coordinator pretty early, because I always saw him running into walls and stuff and nobody got mad at him, but it took me a lot longer to figure out what Mom did, because it was usually stuff on the telephone.

I saw 'Food, Inc.' last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own.

Television has changed. There's obviously the generic shows, but on HBO and AMC, there are some really great series, so I'm not closed off to television. If there's an amazing role with amazing people and a great story, I'd definitely be open to it.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

This is the assembly of life that took a billion years to evolve. It has eaten the storms folded them into its genes and created the world that created us. It holds the world steady.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

Im tired of feeling worthless. Im tired of feeling hopeless. But above all Im tired of feeling tired.

If our lives are already written, it would take a courageous man to change the script.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!

Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.

I've had some really big hits with 'Groundhog Day' and 'Michael,' 'Multiplicity,' 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.'

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women.