When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good.

The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being.

There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.

It is quite awful how some people are constantly saying that they are superior to others, but deep down they know that they are suffering from a lot of insecurities.

As long as we acknowledge them, there's nothing to fear.

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?

I've met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few weeks ago. They admit it's an issue. They've got a lot of concerns.

I choose to paint beauty.

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

Often does good come out of evil. But that is God's, not man's plan.

If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan meals she would serve and I would help her.

It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to say it's a dream come true.

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.