I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love

I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.

Jnana yoga is the yoga of kindness and compassion - serving the self that is everywhere.

A man who cant discuss ideas, especially those that are not a reflection of him, is not open to himself

Someone should do a study of the human brain and how quickly it can adjust to luxury.

I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit

Every year Steve Kaufman supports the charity “Love Ride” by donating a painting to this cause.

Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in.

Mutual funds are an overrated investment heavily promoted by Wall Street.

You never want to be in a place where an employee has vested 3 out of the 4 years of stock and they start thinking about leaving.