Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Your ultimate reason for staying in this crooked world is not to imitate its devastating physique, but trying do something about its ugly appearance.

Unlocking your potential requires the key of faith.

My diet plan. 8am to 12noon: only fruits and fruit juice. Noon to 8pm: vegetarian meals. From 8pm to 8am the kitchen is CLOSED.

No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature

I'd found love -- only to discover how fleeting it can be.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.

Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?

The only competition you will have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.

Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck