Sometimes it seems to me that I am capable of absolutely nothing, but that nature through me can accomplish a great deal.

The artist need not know very much, best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.

A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death.

There cannot be creation without a lot of energy.

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones own, in ones relation to the tool, the material and the colors.

As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives.

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.

The Church does not dictate the policies of the nation. The Church proclaims the truth of God to which all these policies must conform.

And touring is difficult when everybody's heads aren't in the same place.

All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired.

I am a great believer in loyalty, trust and integrity. Gary made a commitment to this club, the supporters and myself and I fully expect him to homour that commitment.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.