Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting.

Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.

My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.

I use color in terms of emotional quality, as a vehicle for feeling... feeling is everything I have experienced or thought.

I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.

I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.

And on cold wintry nights she loves listening to Elvis croon "Are you lonesome tonight?" just as I do.

When a Lady chooses to Change Her Mind, ' said the Mouse with a touch of hauteur, 'a Gentleman would consider it no more than her Privilege, and not Badger Her About It.

As an adult, be child-like as you learn but not child-ish as you live.

My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles.

From within, from the very most interior center of existence and consciousness, the fact of oneness evermore proves to be the overriding truth.

A young trooper should have an old horse.

I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.

Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord?.

Thunder only happens when it's raining.

I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.