The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist's own era.

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.

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

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

Every place there's people, there's badness.

Change like a treeWhen it is winterDon’t complain or fearJust wait for the spring To bloom and sing

Nothing will be resolved here. Nothing is ever resolved without war. It is the way of the universe.

The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child’s heart is worth.

Forget ideas, Mr. Author. What kind of pen do you use?

I believe in my heart I'm the best player in the world. I'm just a scorer. I try to put the ball in the basket for my team. I'm just confident in my ability to play ball.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

Friends are ourselves.

In God's sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.

If the guy behind the camera is not good, the pictures are bad. It's still you, and it's the same lines and everything, but it doesn't work.