Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Sometimes we want God to use us to do big things when we would not even want to do the basics.

The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject, if he has no hand to paint them to the senses.

If you force me to pay a debt that is not mine, let me thank you in the afterlife

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its primary role.

When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.

Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.

Absolutist morality doesn't have to come from religion but usually does.

No one wants to see a boring tube sock.

I love you if you love me.

The 3 C's of Life: Choices, Chances and Changes.You must make a choice to take a chance or you will never change.