Color is my daily obsession, my joy and my torment.

I wish I had been born blind and then recovered my sight, so I could paint without knowing what the objects before me were.

There is no envy in the good.

-- Plato

One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Painting requires continuous thought and tireless labor.

-- Sandro Botticelli

My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings.

-- Peter Paul Rubens

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

-- Vincent van Gogh

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

-- Vincent van Gogh