Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.

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.

Life is eternal and, at the same time, ephemeral.

Make a list of things you like doing and then do them

In victory even the cowardly like to boast while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

I have a lot of problems understanding connections between people and how to negotiate that. It makes everything hard offstage.

I taught myself Russian, which was very, very useful, especially for poetry and in fact if you can't read Pushkin in Russian, you're really missing something.

Citties are taken by the eares.

COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE.

Death will come in any case, and there is a long afterwards if the priests are right and nothing to fear if they are wrong.

I'm kind of addicted to moving.

Love’em or hate’em, by blood or by heart, family was a kind of oxygen. Necessary for the living.