There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.

I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

We are having wind and rain here, and I am very glad not to be alone. I work from memory on bad days, and that would not do if I were alone.

If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.