Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

E-mail is a modern Penny Post: the world is a single city with a single postal rate.

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so irritating.

Right" he said "Let's get one thing clear. I am not here to teach you law-I am here to teach you loopholes.

Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe.

Listening is one of the forms of love.

Schizophrenia is the name for a condition that most psychiatrists ascribe to patients they call schizophrenic.

I am as great as the thoughts I conceive. I am as great as the Universe I perceive. I am as great as the love of my heart. I am as great as the God in my Soul.

I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.