Christian growth is forgetting about yourself.

I don't create blurs. Blurring is not the most important thing; nor is it an identity tag for my pictures.

Art is the highest form of hope.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

A God comprehended is no God. (Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott.)

You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and knowledge. There must be some purpose in life that is higher than just surviving.

It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. You have to find the idea.

The love ofChrist is my prayer-book

A lot of different things had to come together over the years, accumulated experiences of a general and personal nature, before the idea and the decision were developed and then carried out.

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.)

If you want to touch the hearts of people you can't do that with newspapers or with radio, you have to do it with TV.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. Real love is simple, everyday kind of thing. A smile, a hug, an encouragement. Continuous love without effort.

Not knowing the answer to a question is not a valid excuse for making up a fairytale to explain it.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

There's not much point in finding a magic ring that lets you into other worlds if you're afraid to look at them when you've got there.

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.

Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.

I'm not the beautiful one.

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.

If it's the truth you seek, then darling love you'll find.