Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Revenge and rational thought never sleep together.

T'ain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

When energy speeds up there is no space for playing small, and nothing can remain hidden.

What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?

Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'

Vitam impendere vero. To stake one's life for the truth.

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

As a painter I make up projects for myself to express myself. And there's no client, there's no direction.