Art is prayer - not the vulgarized notations handed down to us in the scriptures, but a fresh vital discovery of one's own special presence in the world.

During those rare moments of creativeness, when a person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence. What could be a greater reward?

All creative activity begins with movement.

It is in [the] process of making something... that the creator contacts a concrete reality outside his subjective life and moves into the realm of the transcendent.

Creativity is a celebration of one's grandeur, one's sense of making anything possible.

In the process of making anything, a person moves beyond personal expression to make something that stands by itself. The work acquires its own internal validity, its own integrity.

The fact is that the creative person is a disciplined craftsman whose 'gift' is a reaching out toward his most profound personal potential.

Creativity is a celebration of life... I am here! I love life! I love me! I can be anything! I can do anything!

Excellent anthology... a celebration of our goodness and our potential for growth. The sense of celebration is stretched by the beautiful photographs.

Drawing or painting allows the artist to know himself as a whole person.

Unhappiness is complicated and has many different causes, but happiness is simple and has only one reason.

If you lend you either lose the money or gain an enemy.

My mother was never very famous when I was growing up, so it wasn't so difficult. It was only when I left home and went to university that she become this style icon.

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)

Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy?

Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning.

Until we Dream of Life and Life becomes a Dream.

I think the most important thing when you're planning a meal is... balance.