One can begin a picture and carry it through and stop it and do nothing about the title at all.

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.

It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.

One hundred artists introduce us to one hundred worlds.

As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me.

There is always an unconscious collaboration among artists.. ..the artist who imagine himself a Robinson Crusoe is either a primitive or a fool.

The eye seems to be responding to something living.

In the beginning I drew and painted from nature in order to know her. Then later, only to fall under her spell. And today, to let her mirror my thoughts and feelings.

I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity.

The large gray spiked form rising from the bottom of the picture is to me the symbol of death and ruin. And finally the black ovoid form is the symbol of fire, lava and destruction.

I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting.

Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.

Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone

There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.

When we work with our thinking, then to have great wealth is the same as to have nothing. That's the only freedom.

Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

Your strongest ally or your greatest teacher may be sitting within reach, unbeknownst to you.

Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.

Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.