We do not see with our eyes, but through them.

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.

Learn to nurture and trust your instincts as well as your conscious reasoning. Often, one's instincts will offer the better judgment.

The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.

Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.

Abstraction and realism work best together.

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

Art is completely subjective. It's up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit.

Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience.

Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.

Don't cater to the audience. Inspire the audience.

When I first came USA, I didn't feel this was my home. This was where I was studying, and then my home was now rejecting me.

I've been an amature inventor for a long time.

The mirror is the mother dew, the book of desiccated twilights, echo become flesh.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.

Well, I’m glad you didn’t drown.” His eyes warm up with his face. I smile back at him. “Yeah, that would’ve sucked.” “Definitely.

When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.

Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.

In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.

The funniest thing a comedian can do is not do it.