Painting is a form of incarnation. It is spirit made manifest in the world.

I like living in the 20th century... to me the world has never been more beautiful. I am trying to paint the real world I live in, as beautifully as I can with my own eyes.

Everybody gets inspired. We all have these moments. It just depends on whether you've got the ability to seize it.

I find myself moved by man in his new violent environment. I want to paint this explicitly and beautifully.

I feel it's just some sort of game if it's just abstract.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.

Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

Eddie Izzard is absolutely brilliant. I would love to write something for him.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.

Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.

I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they're not willing to pay the price.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.