The things that are acquired consciously permit us to express ourselves unconsciously with a certain richness.

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.

If you don't keep moving, you'll never get anywhere.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse

It is the missed opportunity that counts, and in a love that vainly yearns from behind prison bars you have perchance the love supreme.

A new poll shows that Tiger Woods' popularity has dropped from 85 percent to 33 percent. President Obama's popularity is also at 33 percent, but Tiger had more fun getting there.

I'm certainly a skeptic. I always quibble with people.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

People will always show their true selves in the end.

Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

We don't know our own story.