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.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

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

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

All mistakes teach us something, so there are, in reality, no mistakes.

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

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.