I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

Truth be told, I liked that blurriness. That line where reality and fiction jutted up against each other.

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

She was suddenly aware of him in a way she hadn't been before. Hayward was good-looking in a sweet and wholesome way.

The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.

I don't know that we'll get into Earth 1 thru 616 in any one moment anytime soon.

There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.'

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.