First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first.

The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.

I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow.

Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters

The dream of reason produces monsters

But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede, reliefs or background. My eye never catches lines or details.

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

Monsters are the result of the sleep of reason.

We don't live as God intended us to, but we live as the Devil wants us to.

Keep your eyes and your mind open. Don’t be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. Don't bother.

I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.

Every man is a hero of his own story.

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

Most importantly, it´s in giving thanks.

They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.

Work and life are an interconnected adventure, guided by the heart, winged with spirit, and nourished by the soul.