The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.

Curves are so emotional.

Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.

The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.

The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position.

I am so, so alive.

In an age of infinite digital documentation, paper was the last safe place for secrets.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

Italian men do appreciate beautiful women. They're not afraid of the beauty, which is nice.

We South Asians have sycophancy in our genes!

Part of obedience to the Golden Rule is knowing how to respond once you've behaved in an unloving way.

The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine...that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.

I think Jared [Kushner] is an unusually polished person.

It's just a favorite language to me, that country finger-picking guitar style.

I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.