If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

This is where you all live?" Asked John as they ascended the stairs. "It's small.""This is just our Thanksgiving house, " Scott muttered. "We have a house for every day of the year.

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

Every experience is worthy while.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

No, the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. And that you can do with a number of weapons.

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!

This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.

The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.

I consciously focus on my blessings and remember what has gotten me through my past struggles: my faith and the belief that everything happens for a reason.

To become convinced that you can succeed is the first requisite to success.