I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.

Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting.

Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.

My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.

I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.

I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.

Keep your promises and never be late in acting. Act right and do the right things at the right time.

Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for.

The political spectrum is not a straight, bi-polar line. It's a circle.

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

The telephone operator has one of the biggest roles in creating your organization's image....indeed, many people may come into contact with no one except your operator.

While I can hire out the portrait, I don't, because it's just - that's where I shine. You know, that's my blood sport.

Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game

In all Diseases, strengthen the part of the Body afflicted.

What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching?

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.