God is everywhere, in the smallest grain of sand.

You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company.

All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.

The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art.

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.-Bono

Health and fitness are totally a choice for a better quality of life.

Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper.

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is essentially imaginative.

In black America there's such a thing as passing, the black people who are light skinned and they will pass for white.

My biggest struggle has been balancing where I give my energy.

Eleutheria, the fire is burning. Eleutheria, the tables are turning.

My name is more important than myself.

Life is a bank account, there are no withdrawals without first putting something in.