The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.

Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.

Curves are so emotional.

Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.

The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.

Quite often it's not about what is said, but what isn't. And even when it's spoken, read between the lines. Listening with the heart is just as important as hearing with the mind.

Better to be a successful failure, than to fail at success.

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.

It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized.

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

Everyday, say a hundred things you love about yourself.