You have to feel the bite of the wind to appreciate the warmth of a winter coat.

Study the nature around you, but also within you.

The world grows ever complex. More urban. Less peaceful.

Have courage to go your own way and fulfil the dreams that are unique and important to you.

People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.

It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one’s own terms.

I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.

In the dream world, anything is possible. It requires a fertile imagination, and a desire to explore the half-light between the known and the unknown.

Only the present exists. The past is gone, and the future has not yet happened. There is only ever time present.

Water creates so much beauty, life and mystery.

Water is intrinsically linked to the mystery and excitement of discovering new worlds.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.

In the busyness of living, he is the kind of man that makes a woman pause and write romantic poetry.

People are like hot potatoes, if they don't make you happy, drop them.

Unlike water or wine or even Coca-Cola, sweet tea means something. It is a tell, a tradition. Sweet tea isn't a drink, really. It's culture in a glass.

In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative.

If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.

I then discovered the Pop Art of Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Peter Max. I was inspired that these fun and colourful images could be presented seriously on canvas.

The strongest passion which I have is honor.

What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life.