Stereotypes, I want to say, have to be thought of not just as these invidious, bad things that we could get rid of, but as images that we cannot get rid of, that we have to live with.

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an ambivalence of forms and space.

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.

I was the Pink Pansy or whatever, wearing this crazy thing.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

Wanna be always Happy? Always carry some chocolate with you

Oh. My. God.’ she said, pointing out of the window. ‘Do you know what that is?’I nodded and said, ‘I think I may have seen it before.’‘That, ’ said Florida, ‘is the Moonyouidiot.

Decisive is definite.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment.

My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.

I never learned to read music.

The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.

There is a larger frame to the painting than the one that bounds our life's events.