The strange, unbeautiful face beautiful in its ugliness; the perfect, beautiful face ugly in its perfection.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

I used to believe that culture was “soft, ” and had little bearing on our bottom line. What I believe today is that our culture has everything to do with our bottom line, now and into the future.

Is the love you have for me, and the feelings I have for you forever parallel, with no chance of intersecting?

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

If I need romance, that's what Netflix is for.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Altruism is written in everlasting and resplendent character on the Cross of Christ, and it was at Calvary that the centre of life was shifted from selfishness to sacrifice.

You aren't afraid of what you think you're afraid of - you're afraid of what you think.

A change imposed is a change opposed.

I'm a warrior, I went into jail for the drama. I'm the story of the terrorist cell of Osama