An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Everything starts from a dot.

Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.

The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects.

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

To create a work of art is to create the world.

The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.

The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

The greatest knowledge ever created is the one created when one is challenged or criticized by his/her subordinate. Creativity lies in challenges and criticisms .

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.

Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.

He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.

I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.'

The more artificial a human environment becomes, the more the word ‘natural’ becomes a term of value.