It is possible that a picture will move far away from Nature and yet find its way back to reality. The faculty of memory, experience at a distance produces pictorial associations.

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.

If you are not affected, if you are not hurt by what we do, then you will not do anything to stop it. The war will simply continue.

Holistic wisdom is the hallmark of the holistic mindset.

I would say I don't like people who are really into themselves or are very materialistic. Just always talking themselves up. Not being real is the pet peeve. Be true to yourself.

I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

As he weeps to wicked birds of prey, who pick up on his bread crumb sins, and there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.

No man can become a permanent success without taking others along with him.