You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

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.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless manthe most guilty.

The human being must always be central, not the products and objects of his skill and energy.

There is something about the fifteen-year-old mind -- a kind of skin or veil or walling off from feelings not your own.

My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read.

Nutritional complements, wisely used, can prevent many age-related illnesses and dramatically reverse your biological age.

Oppression is the essence of power.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.