He who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.

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.

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

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.

Learning and reading will enrich your life with wisdom for living.

Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.

If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar.

In a way, the web is like your Hollywood agent: It speaks for you whenever you are not around to comment

Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions.

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.

Nobody ever discovered ugliness through photographs. But many, through photographs, have discovered beauty.

Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.