Only an 'almost,' a 'nearly,' is possible.

The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence.

Sometimes I had to force the overpainting of three corners almost without any feeling for shape, almost without inspiration, only to find my way back, to get out of this hell.

the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.

... I felt like a new man; but I was disappointed with the photographic documentation because I still saw always the old self.

I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity.

What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?

Where there are no changes there is no life. A plant has to change to bloom.

The future cannot be controlled, only experienced.

The only thing you have totalcontrol over is who you choose to be.Be the best you can be.

No belief or idea is sacred, unless it treats all people as sacred.

Drawing is of the Spirit and color of the Senses.

You mine your own past in order to get to know yourself.

Don't stay watching happiness, make it.

It depends on education--that holder of the keys which the Almighty hath put into our hands--to open the gates which lead to virtue or to vice, to happiness or misery.

Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.