I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.

Every book is a unique experience.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.

I almost always see what I didn't achieve, to a smaller or greater extent.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

I'm not going to be sitting on a stool with an acoustic guitar singing about my troubles anytime soon. I mean, I'm going to sing about my troubles but in an aggressive way. In my own way.

in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to preserve it in eternal youth.

The careful rearer of the ductile human plant can instil his own religion, and surround the soul by such a moral atmosphere, as shall become to its latest day the air it breathes.

No one can tear your thread out of himself. No one can tie you down or set you free.

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.

Jeff Ross has a new show on Comedy Central where he roasts the news. It'll be perfect for people who find Jon Stewart too handsome and funny.