I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

And what's a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpillar drest.

To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walking in with no clothes on. It's terrible.

Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future.

Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.

We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together.

American literature has always been immigrant.

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.

Well, first I'd want a better vibrato.

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.