With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

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.

It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.

Bad attitudes will ruin your team.

I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves.

The starred and stately nights seemed haughty dames in jewelled velvets, nursing at home in lonely pride, the memory of their absent conquering Earls, the golden helmeted suns!

Prayer in its highest form is agonizing soul sweat.

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

I probably got from my mom a passion for public policy and and civic involvement.

Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare virtue of endurance.

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.