People don't realize what they have when they own a picture by me. Each picture is a phial with my blood. That is what has gone into it.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.

The American diet causes disease. It is composed of 25 percent animal products and 62 percent processed foods and only 5 percent of calories from fruits and vegetables.

My arms hurt from how tightly Patch held me. “Now that’s what I call a scream,” he said, grinning at me.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

When posh boys get into trouble they sack the servants.

What do stars do? They shine.

God does not look at your outer forms, but at the love within your love.

As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.

If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me and breaths that I defied not