“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”

I wish they would take me as I am.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly’.

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

Conscience is a man’s compass.

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun.

What is done in love is done well.

I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.

The only thing to do is to go one’s own way, to try one’s best, to make the thing live.

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

I never get tired of the blue sky.

The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.

You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.

Gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the universe.

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.

I’m a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.

Masked, I advance.

You can’t say civilization don’t advance, in every war they kill you in a new way.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.