Thomas Kinkade People Quotations

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.

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

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

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.

Cherish the people who make up your home, and you'll notice the hearth fires burn brighter than ever before.

We have found a way to bring to millions of people an art that they can understand,

I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way things once were, or perhaps, the way they could be, then I've done my job.