Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind.

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

A man can do all things if he will.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.

There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect.

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

Men are bad cyclists, hunters of wild animals, kamikazes, samurai and Christian martyrs.

Be careful of fake faces, the most honest the most evil.

Openness is allowing and directing the energy of the Universe to flow through you freely, giving and taking with ease.

I can't tell a story in the white man's language, so I say what I want to say with my paintings.

All things are full of gods.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

A theater without beer is just a museum

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice.