I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references.

Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening... titles can be the same.

Color is an intense experience on its own.

Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

Our assignment comes with the alignment. Too many people look for the assignment without first finding their alignment.

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting.

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

Fiction is very, very important, " he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new cultures and other lives through stories. Made-up stories. Fiction.

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent.

Cassandra,” he said, “I hope you know that poaching Muppets is illegal in this country.

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.

I LOVE Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They are both great countries.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Your adrenaline starts to go when the market opens in the morning. It's like sports programming.

If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.

I think most of us are fascinated by the macabre and by the weird and even the nastiness that comes along.