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

Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together.

There is no envy in the good.

-- Plato

Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, fluttering happily about, unaware he was Zhou. Suddenly he awoke, and there he was, unmistakably Zhou. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly was dreaming it was Zhou.

-- Zhuang Zhou

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

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

-- Walt Disney

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

-- Oprah Winfrey

Painting requires continuous thought and tireless labor.

-- Sandro Botticelli