Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.

It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

An empty canvas is full.

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.

We all have a mission. And that mission is to love ourselves, love each other, help one another and leave this world in a better place because we lived on it.

Control is not humble

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.

I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.

I think this insatiable need to get to know new music is a big part of why it has lasted so long.

We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?

People will believe the crisis is over because they want to believe their world is safe.

The world has no room for cowards.

My husband is the most honest, kind, hard-working, and genuine person, and I honestly don't know how I could ever live without him.