The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed)

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane.

If you're on the treadmill next to me, the answer is YES, we are racing.

I'm not sure I'm happy with words such as "task" or "role" when they are attached to literature.

I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you

Creating authentic power means aligning your personality with your soul.

a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.

We have today and hopefully tomorrow to be the best version of ourselves.

Just as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways.

Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.

I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.