The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.

Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

A story that has nothing but action and plot is a pretty poor affair

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

I counted them all out and I counted them all back.

If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful.

My counsel to entrepreneurs is to 'own' a region, 'own' a market, 'own' a segment. Create something you can defend. Don't get hung up on the idea that you have to go national.

And know if I'll only be true to the glorious quest That my heart lies peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest.

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books.

In German. I'm more sensitized to the details, to the emotions. In English, I wouldn't detect as much nuance.

I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.

I was raped by a doctor. Which is, you know, so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.