We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles that surround us.

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.

There is neither painting, nor sculpture, nor music, nor poetry. The only truth is creation.

A time will come when the eye of man will perceive colors as feelings within itself.

These days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art.

The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes.

All art critics are useless or harmful.

To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.

With Michelangelo anatomical science is transformed into music. With him the human body is architectonic matter for the construction of dreams.

What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don’t need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich making dumb decisions?

Don't sit around depressed and discouraged. Get a new vision for your life.

Sometimes that’s all it takes. Just one person to turn everything on its head. Remind you of the person you were.

There's not someone who tells you how adorable you are and rubs your head and goes into a crowded press conference and stands at the back and winks at you so that you think, 'I can get through this.'

Why, a moral truth is a hollow tooth Which must be propped with gold.

The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and my dog, I don't talk to anybody, and I just write.

So light a fire!" Harry choked. "Yes...of course...but there's no wood!" ... "HAVE YOU GONE MAD!" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT!

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe)

Inspiration is found everywhere if you look hard enough.