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

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.

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

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.

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.

Leaders don't climb hills of success with shoes of pride. They are slippery enough to bring a person down to the valley.

Better to live hundred years as a millionaire, than one week in poverty!

As long as I can buy records and books and maybe some clothes, I'm pretty stoked. I don't need a yacht or anything.

Manhattan cabs are born old.

I buy everything in sight. It took my last ounce of control not to buy one of these in every color.

Look to yourself for the answer - stop calling your girlfriends and stop calling your mom - you know if it's working or not, you either feel like a goddess or you don't

I'll make you mine, lovers said in old books. They never said, I'll make you me.

Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, "God is with me, helping me."

In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.