Inner strength of character cannot be measured by any means but performance in the time of need.

Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind.

I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.

I failed math; Einstein passed it. But he couldn’t paint and sculpt like me. So we all have these specialties, these strengths.

Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.

To add to truth distracts from it.

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.

You will never know how high you can climb until you reach the top.

You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it

To stand on a mountain top, you must first create the mountain.

Lovers are the coolest their hearts beat the best & they kiss magic as hell

Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs.

We cannot avert our eyes without staining our souls.

To claim you are more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference!

Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.

Men and women serving in the military deserve better than what they're giving - what we're giving them. They don't know what they're going to be doing tomorrow.

A vast black sleep falls over my life sleep, all hope sleep, all desire.