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

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.

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.

Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.

first of all nothing will happen and a little laternothing will happen again

Let me tell you something about my family. We're as thick as thieves and we protect each other 'til the end.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'

I believe it to be one of the most important discipleship resources we have produced at Ligonier.

I don't like when people dress intentionally ugly. Personally that's not my thing.

Look at the 18th century. There was a lot more freedom going on.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.

A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.