The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

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.

You flourish one hushed breath at a time. Imagine all you can build word by single word.

Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms.

No matter the situation, I stay focused and motivated on my goals because that's the way I was raised.

We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.

Among provocatives, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. I have even more thoughts during or enduring it than at other times.

Other people have all kinds of information about you that is invisible to you. How do you get feedback?

... show respect for your money ... Then your money will think and care about you in return.