Something that is yours forever is never precious

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.

I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.

It's not a pretty world, Papa.''I've noticed, ' my father said softly.

Millions of people can draw. Art is whether there is a scream in you wanting to get out in a special way.

It was no joy waking up after a dream about that man. He left a taste of thunder in my mouth.

An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.

An artist is a person first.

> Why does everything that lives have to die?< So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious.

An effective life is not determined by how long you lived

Fear has been the original parent of superstition, and every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of their invisible enemies.

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.

I really love Steve Martin and all the stuff he did in the '70s. I think it's really great.

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

One of many ways to be useful is to inspire people to forget some rules imposed by society. IMPORTANT rules are dictated by our hearts.

Bill Clinton, Mr. Bob Dole, You too old to understand tha way tha game is told.

Then happy I that love and am beloved, where I may not remove nor be removed.

Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.