No artist, if he has original talent, can paint like another.

Cubism came about because, in the process of analyzing form, something that lay in the form, a plane, could be lifted out to float on its own.

Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been mixed in paint.

All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years so that I can catch glimpses of the oncoming future.

All paintings start with concept, which is another word for image or imagination. The mistake is to isolate the concept as if the idea did not need to be given permanent form.

I don't want to always be doing the same old thing.

The art of painting is entering a new golden age. It is in no danger of becoming obsolete.

Art is a celebration of life, intended by the artist to put the spectator in touch with the divine.

Sometimes, at a certain point, the painting seems to have painted itself without my help - what I have called the 'eureka' moment when a sudden daring intervention has worked a miracle.

Each painting is a plunge into the unknown.

There is my love... of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams and ideals into the future.

Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

Deep down, nature is inherently peaceful, calm and beautiful. The universe as a whole is perfect. The chaos is on the surface.

The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole.

When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure.

My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond, ' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.

Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!

A self-help book can't really address a problem unless it's individualized. It's not going to talk about a globalized problem.

People will always criticize. Stay upbeat and love yourself! There's nothing wrong with being different.

Women writers lift themselves up from the depths; as they rise, each brings with her what she is able to carry.

Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow.