Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

Make a spurious division of one process into two, forget that you have done it, and then puzzle for centuries as to how the two get together.

We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece.

W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece.

Money alone cannot buy pleasure, though it can help. For enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy.

And if I forget how many times I have been here, and in how many shapes, this forgetting is the necessary interval of darkness between every pulsation of light. I return in every baby born.

Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way

The act of accumulating knowledge about the transcendent concepts and the ability to actually experience the inner essence that these concepts signify are two very different things.

Sometimes it's more painful to draw to mind the good times

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wiseguy' opposites?

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe, how much it altered her person for the worse.

My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that.

It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!