I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive.

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water.

I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me.

It was strange how fear had gone, now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.

I think it's cool to give people encouragement.

We have to look at the substance of something rather than the shadow.

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?

Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security.

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.

It's nice to see arrogance humbled.