It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.

Van Gogh is the best example of how a person can be on the right track, propelled by gut feeling and some kind of strange obsessive stubborn conviction, that no one seems to understand.

Not worrying about the cost of materials and tools extends my artistic freedom.

Not everybody paints what the public will pay for. The method in which an artist receives money is nobody's business, what matters is that paintings are produced.

I just paint to fulfill an urge. When I don't have the urge, I just don't paint. This is not some stupid contest. But if it is, I feel like the winner that came in last.

Faith is the physical description of God. That's what He is. It's the only word we have in our language to accurately describe His physical form.

We are drawn to greatness because there's something about the greatness in others that speaks to us about our own possibilities.

Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected.

I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

You really have to be a character to serve it properly. Obviously, you're acting, but you have to have those things in yourself, whether it's the experience or the same qualities.

Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.

I'm excited to start a new chapter in my life.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

It's far too easy to qualify as an eccentric nowadays.

If you are persistent, you will succeed