Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap joys.
All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere.
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
Art is when things appear rounded.
All artists are now free to express their own personality.
We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He freed us from all restraints which the idea of copying naturally placed on our painter's instincts. All artists are now free to express their own personality.
Heartbreak is when you're just far enough away from what you desire that you can feel it. Change is the Pangaea moment. I feel like I'm at this point in my life where I have created this place, this island in the ocean, and I'm happy there.
If all you have is music, then you don't have music
Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.
Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.