All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is the depth and intensity of an artist’s experience that are the first importance in art.

Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, you all had great moments, but you never tasted the supreme triumph; you were never a farm boy riding in from the fields on a bulging rack of new-mown hay.

I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa.

In the house itself, the gable is much lower than in the painting -- you can only stand up just barely at the apex.

You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish.