Draughtsmen may be made, but colourists are born.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

One never paints violently enough.

Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

The time and situation is always right to express and experience the beauty of kindness.

To feel the joy of life, smile with love.

I think, on a frame like mine, if I lose a few pounds, it makes a big difference. I hated every bit of attention on my weight and size. Even now, I can't put into words what exactly happened.

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

You are all lions – so go your own way. Do not walk the beaten path like sheep, one after another. Do not follow any path. Lions do not follow each other like sheep.

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty.

Anyone who doesn't believe that the forest is a deadly place has never been lost in one.

To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.