People become artists out of despair.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

It seems as though the goal of my work has always been to dissolve myself completely into the sensations of the surroundings in order to then integrate this into a coherent painterly form.

If suffering can be transformed into creativity . . . I want to try it.

Anyone who directly and honestly reproduces that force which impels him to create belongs to us.

I begin with movement... I believe that all human visual experiences are born from movement..

All art needs this visible world and will always need it. Quite simply because, being accessible to all, it is the key to all other worlds.

The technical procedures doubtless release energies in the artist that remain unused in the much more lightweight processes of drawing or painting (remark on printmaking).

You can do anything. Nothing is forbidden.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness. In fact, he creates new appearances of things.

There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.

Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine.

Who judges the judge who judges wrong?

What adjective can be used for a nation who is consistently fooled, recurrently deceived by the crafty politicians? Goofy? Very light! Fool? Not enough! Brainless? Yes, that is the very adjective!

I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord

As for me, I had found love, and that was a gift worth suffering for.

By judging differently and by recognizing their female experiences and bringing them to bear on the Supreme Court's decision, Ginsburg and O'Connor both made it legitimate for people to be different.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that'd be a boring career.