Art is the path to being spiritual.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.

Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.

Curves are so emotional.

Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.

The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.

Every talent God has hidden in you is not for your own consumption

He has only heard what I felt.

A champion always prepares to win.

You want the world to be perfect, Nedril—and that's a noble goal. But the world isn't perfect. It's people like me who give the world the chance to try another day for virtue.

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order ... the continuous thread of revelation.

People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.

The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace.

Every country I love and I am a child of God to love the humans.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.