To say that a thing is beautiful is simply an act of faith, not a measurement on some kind of scale.

Nothing is important save the spiritual state that enables one to subjectify one's thoughts to a sensation and to think only of the sensation, all the while searching to express it.

I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to my self.

Conceive of a picture really as a series of harmonies.

There is no art without a poetic aim.

We perceive nature through the senses, which give us images of forms of colour, sounds etc. A form which exists only in relation to another form on its own, it does not exist.

The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment.

The painter’s instrument is his armchair.

Remember that your Heart—your Truth—will never lead you astray. Let the Light of your Heart guide your way.

Remembering lies is a full-time job, one best to quit.

Opportunities are not to be availed but to be made.

For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

I definitely want to buy my mom a house once I get enough funds. I think that's definitely something that I want to do. I think that any person, it's their dream to buy their mother a house.

Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and actually realize that sometimes, God has a better plan. God's ways are higher than ours.

Show me a woman content with her figure and I'll show you a seven-year-old girl. Everybody else is engaged in the war against flab.

I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.