The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them

...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree.

Simplicity is complexity resolved

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

Whoever does not detach himself from the ego never attains the Absolute and never deciphers life.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things.

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

Do not let the words or actions of others make you doubt yourself.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either.

It is horrid to smirk.

We're not moving fast enough with where things are going.

Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.

Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

You continue to build and work on new things, and continue to beat offensive linemen, week in and week out.

My work isn't about form. It's about seeing. I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people see things.