I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Patience is also a form of action.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

Intoxicating affections mimic marriage. They don’t last!

The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.

There are as many life missions as there are people. We are all unique. We are all important.

Like time-management, change-management, doesn't really exist antmore... . Today's most valuable mindset must include the SWIFTA framework the be a change-driver.

Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity.

Love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit-by-bit with the right equipment.

Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for it.

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.