In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle only five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery, and you create a feeling of strength in reserve.

How could Michelangelo have seen his David in a block of marble? Man began to make images only because he discovered them nearly formed around him, already within reach. He saw them in a bone, in the bumps of a cave, in a piece of wood. One form suggested a woman to him, another a buffalo, still another the head of a monster.

I don't say everything, but I paint everything.

Never copy yourself, always copy someone else.

You're either a goddess ... or a doormat.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.