Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Believe what you believe and it will be, believe what others believe and they will consume you!

Artists are often the barometers of society.

Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

Do I doubt the painting I've just painted because it is not right or because I can never like what I do?

Childhood has it's own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.

I tired the back door -- unlocked. Truley the Man Upstairs was smiling down on me.

I am here; be nourished by me. Eat me, drink me; be nourished by me. Let me become a part of your being, then I will be available forever and forever. There is no other way.

The poet is always our contemporary.

If anybody gets highbrow around the studio, out he goes.