I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.

Every book is a unique experience.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

I almost always see what I didn't achieve, to a smaller or greater extent.

You are my wine, my joy, My garden, my springtime, My slumber, my repose, Without you, I can't cope.

Writing to you like this is the same as saying your name when I've woken up late, feeling sick, tasting rot. It's pointless, but it happens.

Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.

The wound you refuse to dress is one that will never heal. You gush lifeblood and never even know why. It will make you weak at a critical moment when you need to be strong.

I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City.

Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.

When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

We cannot even reproduce our thoughts entirely in words.

They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

When I'm single, I'm one guy, and when I'm in a relationship I'm totally another. They're both a good time.