I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The true traveler never arrives.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

Our knowledge of life is limited to death

My calm is like the tides: never at rest.

I think that initial independence is very important that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

I love sport, so I'd love to do more stories if I can that deal with sport maybe. Other characters, actually the real guy is so interesting why would you want to get anyone to play them?

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

There's no such thing as a minor lapse of awareness. You're either present with what is--right here, right now--or you're someplace else.

Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

The alternative to peace is not war. It is annihilation.

One of the 12 steps is to admit that you're powerless, but I think that's bullshit. I think it's important to empower yourself by facing the stuff that triggers you.