My brushwork is quite unsystematic. I slam the paint on in all sorts of ways and leave each result to take care of itself.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Work your vein till it is exhausted, or conducts you to a broader one.

On eluding conviction after mistrial: Why me? I am blessed. I can't complain. I am walking out the door. I am going to have a healthy and happy Christmas.

It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.

The AK-47 is not a device of aggression ... I devised this machine-gun for the security of my country.

Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.

Like Ice Cube asks, "Why are more niggers in the pen than in college?" It's easier to go to the pen than it is to go to college.