One can do such lovely things with so little. Subjects that are too beautiful end by appearing theatrical.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.

All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.

God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.

When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.

At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.

..deceivers must expect to be deceived.

Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.

Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism.

The actual experience of awakening can only be in the present moment.

Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.

Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character.

When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.

Any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills.

I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?