I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

Fall in love more often.Love the journey, not just the result-Camryn Manheim

Creativity is the elixir of life.

From now on, every Christmas, let's have a tradition where we eat soup out of a can by the fire.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.

There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.

And then like thunder broke the frost, The chill wall fell, and morrowless Immortal maid and man embraced, Their light and shadow mingling.

Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.

...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy.

We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.