The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.

Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.

A garden is a friend you can visit any time.

Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the personal drama.

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.

We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

Every morning is a sacred new breath.

I made very good money and spent all of it every week. I lived paycheck to paycheck...

Your clients are critical to your business. Don't lose touch with who they are and why they've chosen to do business with you.

I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.

Advertising is brilliant. It's an industry that spends billions and billions of dollars to get you to react the way it wants you to react.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's.

So, good news/bad news: good news that I'm progressing; bad news that life is short and art is long.

I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans.

I've always had this impulse to be destructive.