Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms.

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.

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

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

Sometimes the fans are too nice.

I was always a huge fan of Nora Ephron.

I think It's a bit of a disappointment that a lot of people's Golden Age of music is still the '60s.

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun with that stuff.

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred of evidence.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.