I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

Karma is an energy debt which you owe or an energy credit which is owed you. Both involve compound interest that is added to the equation making it either a burden or a blessing.

Coping with rejection is an important skill to learn and understand when navigating the Art World. Rejection and disinterest is the rule, not the exception.

Persistence and love of one's work is the key.

There must not be a canon of orthodoxy where art is judged and measured. The culture cannot move forward with our heads turned backwards.

Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.

Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.

Success for an artist is completed work. Very successful artists complete a lot of work. It's that simple.

I work without commercial considerations.

Through a process of trial and error and experimentation, I discovered the simplest method - using only black - produced work with the strongest visual impact installed.

Life is a dance more than it is an assertion and there is more health in dynamism or fluidity than there is rigidity and stasis.

Laura smiled a little wanly in the twilight. "Far more afraid of flesh and blood than ghosts, " she murmured.

I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly.

There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger thing. And that's the story of my life.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily

Style is what one creates....glamou r is a state of mind.

Among the things that you, and you alone, are the absolute and final judge of is whether or not you are a success.

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably.