There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The true traveler never arrives.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value.

People talk about sexual assault like it's a bad habit that men have.

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.

The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel.

You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.

Hope is passion for what is possible.

Orthodox chanting is non-emotional, it's very monotone.