I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less, afterwards.

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.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

Whatever will be, will be.

Attitude is the difference between ordeal and adventure

Efficiency is anything that scores.

Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

I simply know what the actor's attitude should be and what he should say. He doesn't, because he can't see the relationship that begins to exist between his body and the other things in the scene.

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions

The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.