All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.

Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.

Trust, but look for the exits.

Greatness is what we on the brink of.

The goal of discoverers is not to outdistance their peers, but to transcend themselves.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.