Vincent van Gogh — "Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

"Next, I'm attempting to do dusty thistles with a great swarm of butterflies swirling above them."

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."

"I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture."

"There are two ways of looking at a thing: one way is to see it as an ugly, dull, miserable, uninteresting thing, another way is to see it as a beautiful, interesting, marvelous, and inspiring thing."