All truth is precious, if not all divine; and what dilates the powers must needs refine.
Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can't live like that or live on that, that's what I've learnt.
The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.
You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.
I like the really human sides of people. To meet them and see that theyre complicated and weird or shy or any of those things sort of makes it even better to know that they can rise above that and make something great.
That's what it's all about - making art is making something live forever. Human beings especially - we can't hold on to them in any way. Painting and art is a way of holding onto things and making things go on through time.
To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.
A million dollars isn't what it used to be.
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned.
There will be a player greater than me.