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.

I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say what is to me the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.

Since I cannot sing, I paint.

I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate.

God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.