It is interesting to observe how real the object remains, in spite of all abstractions.

One eye sees, the other feels.

Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.

Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible.

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter.

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see.

A line is a dot that went for a walk.

Color has got me. I no longer need to chase after it. It has got me for ever. I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour.

Enjoy all you can while you exist.

I think people more often kill those they love than those they hate. Possible because only the people you love can really make life unendurable to you.

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.

[Completely bored by a country weekend, wiring to a friend:] For heaven's sake, rush me a loaf of bread, enclosing saw and file.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.

Even if I'm playing a superhero, it has to be steeped in reality.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.