I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

The only thing Oriental about me is my face.

Society says that to free a man from his demons you have to lock him in a cage

...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper...

You shall find dear, that the world is full of two-faced people and phonies.'.. And Uruvi was to discover a cruelly superficial world, which she had failed to recognize.

For the longest time I was afraid I'd have to keep on working at the factories. There was a steel mill and a pottery; if you didn't go to college, you went to work in those places.

Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

Not everybody paints what the public will pay for. The method in which an artist receives money is nobody's business, what matters is that paintings are produced.

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.