Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.

Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.

Curves are so emotional.

The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.

The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

After all you've put me through, you would think I despise you, but in the end I want to thank you because you made me that much stronger.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law.

Lahm is the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career

When you're a foreigner, at the beginning you are far away from the culture. Then, little by little, you start to interact with people, have friends, have a life, and then you feel more comfortable.