There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look.

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.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher

It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.

I would love to play Wonder Woman on the big screen.

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.

You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.

... love and fear increase together with a precision almost mathematical: the greater the love is then the greater the fear is.

There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell