Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.

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.

Always be organized in adding value

Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.

What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?

Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.

Full purse makes no noise.

It is quite clear that the German and Chinese revolutions in case of victory would have changed the face of Europe and Asia, and perhaps of the whole world.

Despite everything we know about photo manipulation, a photo is still considered an objective document.

The ego is exploitation; love is service. And the service that flows from love, freely and spontaneously, is non-violence.

Until we can look at fear and accept it as the shadow of personal existence, as persons we are bound to be afraid.

I've been in the public eye for about 15 or 16 years and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there.