Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it?

Not to live a kingdom life is to live a wasted life

On the still calm waters of surrender, the reflections of clarity appear.

Give light and people will find the way.

When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline.

[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres.

Believe me, folks, I've been saying it for a long time. The system, the whole system is rigged.

We sing because we can't speak anymore.

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.