One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

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.

Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that.

Solitude is the greatest treasure and through it, you can rebuild your life, reorder your life and solve life’s problems.

For everyone, success matters more than anything else. Whether you are a good guy or not, no one really cares. All they really care about is how successful you are.

Thou shalt not follow someone, merely because they are following you.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it--

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

His religion at best is an anxious wish,-like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.