I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.

Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso.

I do not paint in front of but from within nature.

To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.

But something happened when I got out into the world, something that changed me. It was the reconnection of being at one with yourself and with this world.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.

A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.

Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

Ease up, the play is over.

That claim was not intended to be a factual statement.

Clean, sustainable energy is crucial and cannot wait.