“The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

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.

The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.

You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful.

I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

You too can paint almighty pictures.

I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn’t know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.

However you think it should be, that’s exactly how it should be.

People might look at you a bit funny, but it’s okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

My music is me letting the world know how confident I am in myself, and me basically telling other women, and guys, how confident and how comfortable I believe they should be.

The noise doesn’t go away, but the most successful people I know have figured out how to live with it, to lean on the people who believe in them, and to push onward with their goals.

I didn’t want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn’t wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.

If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?

Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you deserve it and believe it’s possible for you.

Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.