Anything can be painted without representation.

Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

God is the Maker of heaven and earth.

It is ok if negative people talk negatively about you

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.

Work is a surefire money-making scheme.

All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.

No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.

Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

squats are a form of torture designed by people who don’t need to do squats in the first place

God is Love, my friends- nothing more, nothing less.

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.