Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

The artist enriches the soul of humanity. The artist delights people with a thousand different shades of feeling.

Obsession and possession are just sessions destined to end soon.

Let's all try to conserve water. But it's OK to shower.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

If you date, you will meet your share of weirdos and jerks. That is as sure as death and taxes.

Fantasies are absolutely safe, as long as you never try to make them a reality.

A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

I don't look like I've been on a week long crack binge with Amy Winehouse.

Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.