Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both our study and our appreciation.

The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of thinking people who don't have them don't know anything.

The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art.

The job of art is to turn time into things.

A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.

One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.

The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.

Keep busy while you are waiting for something to happen.

Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.

The only bad studio is the unused one.

A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all.

Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

failure or success is not a mistake but a result

Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

We will build our military forces to a level that will be, I believe, stronger than ever before if I become President of the United States...

F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.

Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.

Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure.

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it