Vincent Van Gogh

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.