Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me.

I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see—and I don't.

That nervous energy that makes people like you and I want and go after everything in the world - bump our heads on all the hard walls and scratch our hands on all the briars - but it makes living great - doesn't it - I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all and a lot of it too