Norval Morrisseau Quotes

#1. I want to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love. I want to make paintings that will make people happy, that will change the course of people's lives. If I can do that, I can paint for a hundred years.

Norval Morrisseau

#2. What I teach the people many times is that attitude and attention will determine the whole course of our lives. Get rid of fear and that is all you ever have to get rid of. Fear of anything at all.

Norval Morrisseau

#3. We love each other like that. We love
each other limp; love each other 'til the water runs clear; love
each other like a good, clean shot.

Donna-Marie Riley

#4. Don't waste your time being envious of what you don't have or who you want to be. Instead, focus on what you do have and who you can become.

April Mae Monterrosa

#5. There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.

Sandra Cisneros

#6. The Ojibways have great respect for the Bear. According to their legends, in the distant past the Bear had a human form and was in fact an ancestor of the Ojibways. Therefore he understands the Indian language and will never attack or fight any Indian if he is addressed properly.

Norval Morrisseau

#7. Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

Madeleine Peyroux

#8. I swallowed, feeling my pulse race, and gave silent thanks that there were no eyewitnesses to my blushing, which could have set a cigar alight even a foot away.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#9. I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.

Bruce Rauner

#10. My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the greatness of the spirit that has always been the foundation of the Ojibwa people.

Norval Morrisseau