Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out.

Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.

An ego should be like a warm breeze, never seen, just mildly sensed.

If you are happy, you are a geezer.

If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white... it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.

History reveals that left-brain people have been creating art for a long time now.

The mark of genius is consistency. Do we hear of naive genius piano players? If anyone knows of one, try listening to it for an hour.

The process of painting offers an infinite array of possibilities. The closer in unification to just one of those, the better the painting becomes.

I just wanted to see my people smile. Brazillian people suffer so much. I just wanted them to smile

Sometimes it is best to burn paintings that just don't burn.

The foundation is in place, and now we have to get to work.

Not bad, not bad at all, " Diotallevi said. "To arrive at the truth through the painstaking reconstruction of a false text.

For best results, apply regularly.

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

She considered herself unconventional.

Maybe, although my heart is a kitten of butter, I am blowing it up like a zeppelin.

No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devastated her resolve, every single time she saw it.

I've come to the conclusion that a long personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around it.

The eyes get in the way of the mind.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.