Creation begins with vision.

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.

You have to shrink yourself to fit into this little life with him.

Being crazy isn't enough.

If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.

I am called a gold digger all the time. I don't care. There is nothing you can do about what other people say.

when you speak of other people's marriages, you are, of course, saying something about your own.

There is a price you pay if you want to train military personnel - they don't all come back.

For a long time, the for-profit world has told us in the not-for-profit sector to behave more like businesses.

And the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power in fewer and fewer hands.

There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a league of his own. It would be like making comparisons with Warhol.