"Great art picks up where nature ends."

"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love."

"When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art."

"Work isn't to make money you work to justify life."

"I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great."

"It's hard to think of yourself as a brand, especially when I have four daughters who kick my butt early in the morning every day before I go to work."

"I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work."

"I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it."