I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.

Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.

The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.

One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

Nature, my dear sir, is only a hypothesis.

France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

Freedom is a daring liberation.

Meditation is about mindfulness and learning to strip away the illusion, revealing your authentic self and connectedness to everything and everyone.

Evil can never hide itself for too long, Shane. Its ego is too big not to be heard or seen for so long

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.

If you want reality take the bus.

Nature is our greatest teacher.

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.