The wall around the window does not create two worlds.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

I'd rather be on the ground than underTo feel the heavy rain and the thunder.

I thought you only had eyes for your ship.” God, she was beautiful. “Until I met you.

It is far more painful to awake from a beautiful slumber and – in that brief period when the continuity of life is still lost to you – to reach across the bed for a hand that is not there.

If Shane had avoided her for years because of a kiss, he might leave the country over a blow and hand job.

A wild thing may say wild things.

Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you

I think people hold back all kinds of things. And in a way, they just want to be nice. They want to be civil.

Some people go to college. For me I studied music my whole life. That was my college.