The avant-garde spirit is not just a youthful sentiment — I live my life by it.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have art.

The choice to love is the choice to connect — to find ourselves in the other.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.