What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.

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.

Shocked my old friend from China, Deja Vu, when I turned up at his door without notice.

Whatever it is that you are going through at the moment, stay strong and keep your faith alive. Through perseverance, time will surely come to your rescue.

I think writing is like ministry. You get this call and you run before accepting it. If you run right to it, there's a good chance you were not called.

In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again.

The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception casts us onto some of the steepest ethical terrain we ever cross.

Educating people beyond their intellectual means is a disservice to humanity. A clueless person who knows little is a nuisance; a clueless person who knows a lot is a menace.

[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand.

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

Autumn is no time to lie alone

I think the best thing, or the greatest thing my girls have going for them, is having their mother as a role model.