Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.

You can't build a wall round a village.The sun and the windwill always find their way in.

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

If you want to enjoy life more fully, the trick is to teach yourself to live in the insightful mode more often.

Just saw the phony ad by [Ted] Cruz. Totally false. More dirty tricks. He got caught in so many lies. Is this man crazy?

The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time

The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were mine.

It is your friends who make your world.