Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

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.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

What distances can be explored without God?

If you can dance like raindrops, there will always be sunshine.

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

The first step toward spiritual growth is to become aware of your emotions.

Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?

My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

How then, is it natural that the mind of man, being so small as contained in such narrow spaces as a brain or a heart, should have room for all the vastness of sky and Universe?

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?