Art was my little private pleasure. Nobody had seen my art, not even my parents. Andy didn't know about it. My dream was to become a publisher, not an artist lost in New York.

One can never have enough socks.

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires.

It is from the level of calamities ... that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.

The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses.

I'm inspired by everything that goes on around me. I'm a sponge. I'm very analytical. I notice the things that most people don't notice.

These births and deaths are changes in nature which we are mistaking for changes in us.

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.