When I haven't any blue I use red.

My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.

God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

Beautifully fill a space.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have the nerve.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

I decided that if I could paint that flower on a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

I paint what I think, not what I see.

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

We are all born children, the trick is remaining one.

I don't work from nature, I work like nature.

Don't waste your youth growing up.

When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid.

Paradise is to love many things with a passion.

Lord, protect me from what I want!

Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.