Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.

All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.

Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement.

The least touchable object in the world is the eye.

Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder.

The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.

The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.

Every act is a visual judgement.

Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors.

Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.

The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.

Justification of failure is the most powerful mechanism adopted by the mind to avoid the reflection of Self Failure

Every life is a possession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda.

You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.

Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.

Time is weird in your twenties. It's intense, and you feel like it's running out. But you'll get to thirty and see you are still here on the planet.

In order to be one of the greats, you've got to study the greats.

Hip doesn't really come into play anymore as far as I can tell.

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.