A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis.

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.

Our entire being is nourished by color.

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.

Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.

Painters must speak through paint, not through words.

Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul.

Art is something absolute, something positive, which gives power just as food gives power. While creative science is a mental food, art is the satisfaction of the soul.

If the heartbeat is a vital sign of physical health, anger is the vital sign of emotional health. Anger protects the self in all relationships. It is rage that is damaging.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

Writing a memoir has a particularly excited sense of narcissism.

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.

Generally, it's all of this subconscious stuff. I didn't even know what Lizzobangers was about until it was mastered and I got to listen to it.

It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad.

Highly reliable components are not necessarily safe. .

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.