The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

Thomas Kinkade

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Thomas Kinkade

Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.

Thomas Kinkade

Art transcends cultural boundaries.

Thomas Kinkade

Art is forever.

Thomas Kinkade

I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

Thomas Kinkade

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'

Thomas Kinkade

Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.

Thomas Kinkade

A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.

Thomas Kinkade

A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.

Thomas Kinkade

My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.

Thomas Kinkade

I view art as an inspirational tool.

Thomas Kinkade

People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast.

Thomas Kinkade

You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.

Thomas Kinkade

My brother and I always had jobs and worked from a young age.

Thomas Kinkade

The No. 1 quote critics give me is, 'Thom, your work is irrelevant.' Now, that's a fascinating, fascinating comment. Yes, irrelevant to the little subculture, this microculture, of modern art. But here's the point: My art is relevant because it's relevant to 10 million people. That makes me the most relevant artist in this culture.

Thomas Kinkade

I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.

Thomas Kinkade

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

Thomas Kinkade

My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.

Thomas Kinkade

I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

Thomas Kinkade

I was always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of dignity in the midst of my personal environment.

Thomas Kinkade