Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.

Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.

There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.

When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place is more important than the people.

Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.

Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization.

The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.

Originality is a quality that cannot be imitated. The technique of the language, on the other hand, is something that belongs to all who can understand it.

When they can't understand why you are so confident with yourself, they would start to perceive you as being arrogant.

Life is like a cup of coffee: The more avidly you drink of it, the sooner you reach the dregs.

I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.

I like you; your eyes are full of language." [Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964.]

We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to experience nourishing relationships.

Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.

Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

I remembered something somebody had once said to me. It's okay. Everyday is freshly ground.