Rembrandt is so deeply mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.

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.

There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)

To get dividends from life, invest in yourself.

I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing - what's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure.

One cannot get rid of a good education, nor, unfortunately, of a bad one, which often is such because one has not wanted to defray the expenses of a good one.

He who prays most receives most.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

A mechanism of some kind stands between us and almost every act of our lives.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich.