I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.

Something that is yours forever is never precious

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.

It's not a pretty world, Papa.''I've noticed, ' my father said softly.

Millions of people can draw. Art is whether there is a scream in you wanting to get out in a special way.

It was no joy waking up after a dream about that man. He left a taste of thunder in my mouth.

An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.

An artist is a person first.

> Why does everything that lives have to die?< So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious.

Be attached to opportunities—money-making ideas—not a particular type of business or industry.

Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to hear.

What you achieve, endures throughout time

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

God, what a world, if men in street and mart felt that same kinship of the human heart which makes them, in the face of fire and flood, rise to the meaning of true brotherhood.

If you say something and back it up with your actions, you will provide the 'proof' for people who are listening to you, and they will much more willingly follow your lead.

Free will is an empty term.

Timing in life is everything.

I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.

Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.