It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)

We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.

Colors were dynamite for us.

Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment

The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.

I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.

The substance of painting is light.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

We must, we must, we must increase our bust.

Like all shrinks she was a deeply troubled person.From "Fat Jimmy And The Blind Ballerina" due out early 2017.

My phone is trying to kill me. It is a battery-charged rectangle of disappointment and possibility. It is a technological pacifier.

And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

Prayer moves the arm Which moves the world, And brings salvation down.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables.