"Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity..." - Quote by Dalai Lama

“As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.”

“I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.”

“Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.”

“If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.”

“I think all poems are commissioned. They just come to me without somebody outside commissioning them. The idea comes and I will live with them 'til I get it as close to what I mean. I've never been totally satisfied. I've come close a few times.”

“From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.”

“Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.”

“When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.”

“Morally speaking, we should be concerned for our whole environment.”