I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.

God's knows what is best for us.

I can’t control the waves of the ocean, but I can learn how to navigate my ship.

The timeless promises of God are our confident hope.

Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.

If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.

Just imagine yourself in a wheelchair. Go through the building. If there's a place you can't go in, it's not accessible.

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter verified paper trail.

Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.

Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.