As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult, as he had when a child

Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work.

Get yourself to a vantage point of seclusion and view the world with your eyes alone. Think of the infinite spaces of the skies and the world beneath.

It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made sound.

An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but do not disturb him.

Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of.

She loved me deeply, madly and passionately. She knew no other way!

Passionately commit your life to fulfillment of your dreams.

I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.

There's no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you've heard before.

Even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

God is the nest we build together.

Tragedy is the highest form of art.

I am Massimo Bottura. I close my eyes and I want to understand where I am, cooking is about emotion, it's about culture, it's about love, it's about memory.

There are three different modes: playing piano, just me at the microphone, and me at my effects units. And I can mix those up in different ways.

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.