He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed of flowers, you don't tear your hair out over what it means.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was.

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

Every heart is a universe within its own galaxy that is ready to accommodate many others in her immeasurable depth.

Do not fear to find yourself among strangers.

Humans are easy to read, because what they’re not saying speaks volumes.

We write our own destiny

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Don't lecture someone on their choices when you don't know their story.

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.

What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.

I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.