An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

A day of silence can be a pilgrimage in itself.

If a man has any genuine talent he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.

To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

Human hunger birthed the Civlize, but human hunger killed it too.

When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world.

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it.

I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world.

With a rumble and a roar, an iron curtain is descending on Russian history.