The great artist is a formulation of the greatest intelligence: he is the recipient of sensations which are the most delicate and consequently the most invisible expressions of the brain.

The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.

I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots.

Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.

Champions are made in the dark before they are revealed in light.

Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone.

Whether your situation is dire or stable often depends on your point of view. Exploring different vantage points can give you valuable perspective.

I tend to keep my style very classic. I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine floral things. I'm not very edgy.

Yes to trade, but trade that ensures that these other countries that trade with us aren't engaging in child labor.

Some people will like it [Fifty Shades of Grey] and some won't. I have other movies coming up, this is not what my whole life turns around.

I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with me about my music, probably because it's still too far-out.

It is good for us to think that no grace or blessing is truly ours till we are aware that God has blessed some one else with it through us.

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I was raised up believing I was somehow unique.