I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

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.

If there is a gain and loss in business, feedback control is my business.

Wherever the kingdom of God extends to, the atmosphere of heaven is established

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.

Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.

In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.

I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me.

I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.

People think that if [their abusive] parent apologizes, he'll turn into the person they needed him to be. He won't. An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.