We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with harmony of sound or of color.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.

Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach

What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.

As in smooth oil the razor best is whet, So wit is by politeness sharpest set; Their want of edge from their offence is seen, Both pain us least when exquisitely keen.

The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war.

Trying to keep up with current slang sucks.

Mycelium is Earth's natural Internet.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.