Take a moment to think... See - logically.

Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift.

You are actually constructing... what your head understood about what your eyes saw.

The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

I don't want to see any art-writing gobbledygook or overblown words in an essay about me. If a smaller, simpler word will do - use it.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me. I would sit up late at night after my wife passed trying to adjust to being alone.

So have your wits about you, and do what you can and dig in, because it might not last.

Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence.

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away toward darkness.

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

It's the job of grandmothers to interfere.

I like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to.

Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on.