Really good mountain bikers are lousy judges of trail difficulty. We haven't a clue, we just ride.

Painting is a means of self-enlightenment.

What joy there is in hearing yourself think, and to make that thinking into ink.

I think a single sentence by Van Gogh is better than the whole work of all the art critics and art historians put together.

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

The important thing about Paris is not so much that one sees exciting work, but one meets people who feel that art is worth living completely for. This whole atmosphere is very good for work.

Hauntingly active as they share space with the living, the dead refuse to give up their undead residency.

People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved.

The essence of intelligence was to know when, or if, to expose even the heart's deep need for instruction.

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

I've repeated it 100 times and I'm going to look you in the eye, tonight, Mr. Couillard: there will be no referendum as long as Quebecers aren't ready.

I'm just starting to take some more voice lessons but hell no, I'll always stick into the hip-hop genre.

We are going to stand together, united.