The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.

Home is wherever I go.

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

I will ensure we honour the instructions the British people have given us. I argued for specific changes in the referendum campaign, I believe in them, I will deliver them.

Fifty per cent of all marriages end in divorce. But look at the bright side: the other 50 per cent end in death.

People look at me as spiritual... but I am also very logical, very business-minded. The two come together.

I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted.