I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.

The aim of the painting is that the eye should find out what it likes.

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

Colour is, on the evidence of language alone, very bound up with the feelings.

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to accept whatever came.

I want to draw and study a few things closely by feeling, not thinking.

Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious!

Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story.

The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.

If you don't fight for him, you lose! Fight for him! ~Nana Osaki

I have an attitude now that is immovable. I shall remain outside of the world, beyond the temporal, beyond all the organizations of the world. I only believe in poetry.

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

This digital world is completely fascinating to me.

President Obama was in India yesterday visiting our jobs. Tomorrow he goes to China to visit our money.

Movies, over time, as they do or don't find their audience, or they find a different audience, they change in your memory and in the eyes of those who see it.

Never rest on past success. Create something better.

The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one's self.