As you can see, I am immersing myself in color-I've held back from that until now; and I don't regret it.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The wise man sees the fool & laughs & the fool never knows why

All that ye potentially possess can…be manifested only as a result of your own volition.”Bahá’u’lláh

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not

If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.

Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the art of landscaping.

If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets.' As a child I always had a secret world and my favorite book was “A Secret Garden.

Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

We Californians are constantly accused of not having seasons, but we do. We have fire, flood, mud, and drought.