I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself condemned to a future of nothing but Masterpieces.

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.

We never look at people with the eye of God instead we look at them from their past, what they did wrong.

Your solution lies not in finding favor before men but before God. Learn to seek Him for your problems and His favor will meet you.

A woman in love with herself is magnetic.

When, and only when, you clearly see the inner roots to an outer condition, can you change them and thus it.

Go for it. It will make a great story.

The trouble with Lucious, " he said, putting his feet up on the desk after this cousin has gone, " is that he thinks politics is a fight for justice. Politics is a profession.

You train your man to do nothing.

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.