If you hear a voice within you saying, “You are not a painter,” then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.