Painting is a faith and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Religion is what gives a person hope to keep walking even in the darkest times.

Optimists are more qualified storytellers.

There were tough thoughts battling one another inside his head for the right to become reality.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Never underestimate a girl’s love for her favorite band. Never think even for a minute, that she won’t defend them to her death.

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.

What we call human nature, is actually human habit.

Your parents ask you to follow the standard path: School, job, security. Is this really the best way? I don't think so - be your own boss!

The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.

There is good and bad in everyone.