When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.

Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso.

I do not paint in front of but from within nature.

Pay the hired worker his wages before his sweat dries

Our trials are tests our sorrows pave the way for a fuller life when we have earned it.

Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.

We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.

My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.

Singing is something you can do for a lifetime, and studies prove it is good for mental, physical, social and psychological health.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

The great way is not difficult if you don't cling to good or bad. Just let go of your preferences; and everything will become perfectly clear.

No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without adequate training.

On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing.