“If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness.”

Painting will bring a lot of good thoughts to your heart.

Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.

Gotta give him a friend. Like I always say, ‘Everyone needs a friend.

We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.

Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.

Wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it.

All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.

We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch.

Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look to see it.

It’s hard to see things when you’re too close. Take a step back and look.

No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

Don’t forget to make all these little things individuals – all of them special in their own way.

What can be painted can be punished.

There’s nothing in the world that breeds success like success.

Remember how free clouds are. They just lay around in the sky all day long.

Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no fear.

When you welcome your emotions as teachers, every emotion brings good news, even the ones that are painful.

I’ve always expressed myself best through writing. I’ve gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.

You cannot experience yourself as what you are until you’ve encountered what you are not

What do you fear, most of all? The possibility that love may not be enough.

I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.