It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!

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.

You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.

I'm going to Hell in a basketWeaved in from my sins, Like wickerWith little Wiccan tiesAs if I'm a witchAccused.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

Happiness is dog-shaped, I say.

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

Warmed-over loves and soups are generally not recommended.

Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.

I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

In my life, all of the best things that have happened to me have almost invariably been accidents or fate.