Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.

Sometimes I would see them not as mementos of the blissful hours but as the tangible precious debris of the storm raging in my soul.

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

I do not believe in a personal connection to God; that's where it gets transcendental.

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.