Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?

Sitting on the floor of a room in Japan, looking out on a small garden with flowers blooming and dragonflies hovering in space, I suddenly felt as if I had been too long above my boots.

On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

The search for an equilibrium is essential for the artist, to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.

I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.

An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.

We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement... we must concentrate outside ourselves.

At a time when experimentation expresses itself in all forms of life, search becomes the only valid expression of the spirit.

According to one critic, my works looked like scraped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scraped.

We look at the mountain to see the painting, then we look at the painting to see the mountain.

She licked her lips, swallowing a few times before her soft voice reached him. “It makes no sense, but I’m glad my date never showed. I think I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be tonight.

I'm trying to grow older with wisdom.

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.

America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.

Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?

I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

The elimination of toxins awakens the capacity for renewal.

Who will dance on the floor in the round?

There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.

Something like film, I guess there are so many elements to it, like the dialogue and what makes sense culturally.