A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

Success is not about seeking external approval; it's about honoring your own journey and celebrating your progress.

All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.