I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings.

Talent, don't bother about wether or not you have it. Just assume that you do, and forget about it. Talent is a word we use after someone has become accomplished.

It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer before he or she can ruin it.

I honestly believe students of painting in the next century will laugh at the abstract art movement. They will marvel at such a drawn-out regression in the plastic arts.

If there is a conflict in your mind between what you know and what you are seeing, paint what you see because if you don't, the result will look like something that isn't there.

Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things.

When we are bursting with some wordless experience, Art is our voice, the song of the heart.

What sets you apart from the rest of humanity is your ability to give visual form to an idea - the skill to transform it into something more than merely the insight or perception alone.

Don't wish for "secrets" of the masters, either. There are none worth fooling with. They had no special mediums or paints, nor special brushes that made their work great.

All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult.

The strength and clarity of the picture you envision at the start will tell you when you are done. You are finished when you have said what you wish to say, when nothing added can make it better.

Be prepared before you fight a battle

I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.

It's OK to be down in the dumps - just don't stay there too long.

I don't think that they know fully what's happening with Miss Match so therefore I don't know how many more if any, if the show's even gonna keep going.

I know club music has to be infectious and it's got to make you move.

The sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion.

There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them in our sphere of compassion.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

You've got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.