Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

It is the artist who tries to gradually accustom people to the possibilities of a better state of things.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers we simply want to make what they want.

Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectations and memory.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.

They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was.

In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life — what is it about those black robes that makes us think ovaries?

I've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people.

God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word.

No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.