Paint what you like and die happy

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Sorry, dear. This isn´t fairy tale. There´s no happily ever after. Just... ever after.

Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends.

And for all of you at home, you are all welcome to visit my store. You are also welcome to park off you motherparking parks, and go park yourself. But remember, don't park in a handicapped spot.

Insight enables you to know your own heart. Clarity enables you to accept without illusion.

My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918.

Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.

Noise tri­umphs and reigns supreme over the sen­si­bil­ity of men.

The chimps love holidays - in fact Tatu actually anticipates them and asks about them.

If I were a gambling man I would put all my money on there not being anything other than this universe.