Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

All writers, all storytellers, are imposing their own narrative on something.

Evil is inevitable, ' Reuben quoted, 'in the course of a creation which develops with time.

Build your life not on what you see today but on the things of tomorrow

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five and the worst actually began to happen.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.

You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

You don't need to do anything to be loved. Just be who you know you are. It's the only way to experience real love.

I would host a show where I take famous people out into the woods every week to find Bigfoot. I would do that. And you know what? We would find him in like a week.

All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.