It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do!

I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.

We do not make art. We have unnamable motors and dangerous impulses that occupy our thoughts.

Is passion what we are? Is that what we are in pictures? Is what we are in pictures almost real? Maybe it's become the most real thing.

The subject comes first, the medium second.

I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."

A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things.

The way you would know if someone is famous in the art world is that you would ask your mother. My mother knows who Picasso was. She knows who Warhol was.

I didn't like hovering above myself and looking back, or going through a door and thinking, How many times did I just go through that door? How do I get back? You know, that's not for me.

There’s always a choice. That’s God’s way, always will be. Your will is still free. Do as you will. There’s no set of leg-irons on you. But... this is what God wants of you.

The precious gems are hidden, it is not easy to find them.

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

Your life follows your attention. Wherever you look, you end up going.

There is no salvation for those outside the Church.

Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.

I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face.

Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.