The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

Art is a wound turned into light.

The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in our lives.

Realize in life that you will have your ups and downs. You can't have those wonderful up moments without the downs. If everything stayed the same all the time, that would be depressing.

I love spending time with my dog, my niece and my family. I'm very family-oriented.

You are what you repeatedly do

I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.

Struggle is part of the journey.

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder.

The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.

Faith and hope bring us through time but leave us at the doorstep of eternity. Only love goes with us inside.

The books are recordings; that's what they have to be, recordings of the writing. They have to be happening to me.

Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much.