Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities.

Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles.

The Art of Vermeer must have been there on the morning of creation.

My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection.

Ideas and thoughts collide and sort themselves out in these fruitful collisions.

The smallest modification of tonality affects structure. Some things have to be rather large, but elegance is the presentation of things in their minimum dimensions.

The coherent way of investigating any field is to examine its possible relatedness to other things.

We work for that part of our vision which is uncompleted.

The field of action of a photograph should be that chessboard of the heart and mind upon which poetry and art have always operated

Choice and chance structure art and nature.

Art accepts what it finds.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

Does Uncle Bob have anything?" "I heard he has an STD." "I mean on the women." "Oh, I have no idea if they have any STDs.

We're disappointed because you think the neighborhood is safe, it's very quiet here.

Concepts create idols of God, of whom only wonder can tell us anything.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.

WHERE'S MY COW? ARE YOU MY COW?