I used to think I was the strangest person in the world.

I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

-- Stephen Hawking

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

-- Steve Jobs

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

-- Bertrand Russell

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few.

-- Gustav Klimt

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

-- Albert Camus

To create original products, you need an environment where original people can operate freely.

-- Masaru Ibuka