There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Once you're already in hell, it's too late to beg for mercy.

I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’

Life's too short to pretend and play games like that. I want to spend my time hanging out with people who make me feel good about myself. People who make me happy.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

I consider myself to be a romantic person, and I love the idea of having a soul mate.

It makes no sense to spend $6 billion a month to go after 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success

You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside

He's a trellis for varicose veins.