The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.

Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died.

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.

Self actualization is the oxygen for the soul.

Happiness isn’t some elusive treasure we chase after. It’s a state of being we need to PRACTICE.

If people have a passion for anything they tend to get quite good at it.

Live at your highest potential-moment to moment to moment... When do we feel most alive? When we're being ourselves-our highest selves.

A metallurgist is someone who can look at a platinum blonde and tell whether she's virgin material or a common ore.

I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know.

We see this as a test of their ability to face reality.

People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

I want a man with nuclear power.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them.

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

Failure can either be a stepping stone to success or a stumbling to defeat.

Through the senses, anger comes, and sorrow comes.