...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

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.

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

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.

The world rewards you for what is in your mind, the universe rewards you for what is in your heart, and the Heavens reward you for what is in your soul.

Success is there when you continue to break your own records.

It is seldom that domestic violence is an isolated episode

I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.

As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm.

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

I've had moments where I've met people who were complete, like, idiots, who could not understand visual culture to save their lives.

What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

I snore. I've had two or three people complain about it.

Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen.