The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.

I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso.

I do not paint in front of but from within nature.

There are certain questions that scientists may not ask, or, more accurately, for some questions, there are certain answers that scientists must a priori preclude from consideration.

Continue to breathe, peaceful and easy. Light in, light out, love in, loveout. Rest in your feelings of well-being.

What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.

I think it's a fallacy that only people in elected office can come up with solutions that solve our problems. I just think maybe there's a different paradigm.

Length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.

The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?

Good timing is invisible. Bad timing sticks out a mile.

Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best.