Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

One never paints violently enough.

Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

It is easier to fall off the ladder once you on top, the balance is being aware of your environment.

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

Learn to use ten minutes intelligently. It will pay you huge dividends.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

It's satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past.

I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but to give everything its due, two and two make five is also a very fine thing.

Fitness begins with initiative and continues with consistency. The six pack abs is a byproduct of being healthy.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

God can be trusted. He keeps His promises. He doesn't make any mistakes.

I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.