We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

The most important thing in industry is the person who does the industry, which is the worker... Labor is the only source of wealth.

When truth is divided, errors multiply.

The most important thing for you to do is see that in hoping to be affected by other things as fully as possible, you become more yourself.

The universe is Why, How, and What, in any order, and all at once.

All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.

The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.

Art is a way of showing greater fairness to things than is customary.

The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.

The purpose of photography is to create an emotion about the world through what has been carefully seen and selected.

It is wise to learn from the great sacred-souls.

Perception and worldview are one's summary of life.

Become your own best friend—smile and say “I love you” to yourself occasionally.

You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.

The brave person thinks of himself last of all.

Unrivalled not only in its class, but in a class by itself.

Fund investors are confident that they can easily select superior fund managers. They are wrong.

I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.

Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.

There's never been anyone like Bettie Before. Monroe had Harlow and Detrich, she had all of those blonde bombshells, but there was nothing like Bettie. She was the first icon of her nature.