The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.

Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.

The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.

Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.

And then I realized you were not rebellious but courageous. You know what that means? It means being scared but doing it anyway.

She wanted him, but she didn't want to want him.

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make

Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.

The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge.

Graffiti is something written on a wall, and, of course, art can be exhibited or produced anywhere: a wall is just another venue.

And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.

What I do on stage, you won't catch me doing off stage. I mean, I think deep down I'm still kind of, like, timid and modest about a lot of things. But on stage, I release all that; I let it go.