I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life..

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion wil….

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch..

In art and science we are now in a delta, at the end of the long flow of progress. In a delta there is no clear direction but there may be many choic….

A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly giving a breakthrough to be able to ….

After being an Impressionist, Cubist, and an Abstract Expressionist, I was influenced by realistic artists, including Andrew Wyeth in the late '50s, ….

I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going….

You begin paying more attention to what you're seeing when you know the names... If you don't know the names of plant and animal species that share y….

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial..

The most important question facing the planet is: Is it worth it?.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary..

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience..

Art is challenging and frustrating but I don't linger in it. I work on five paintings at a time so if I'm frustrated I put one down and begin another..

When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of year for flowers and birds in North America..

I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to s….

Blackwater USA has already taken in more than $1 billion from the public coffers. All in all, that's not a bad take for Erik Prince, the founder of B….

If I ever have a conflict between art and nature, I let art win..

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up..

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get ….

I prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working..

Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years ago..