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.

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

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

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.

Belief is a shelter, a prison for a curious mind.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

There are two types of pain: pain that hurts you and pain that changes you.

I've never killed anyone but I've felt the emotion

God has loved you since before you were born-so much so that 2,000 years ago, He sent His Son Jesus to die in your place.

Who would not be pleased at carrying lamps helpfully through the darkness?

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

You live and learn. Or you don't live long.

Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.