My art is representational by choice....if the art of painting is to survive, it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate.

I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

Be ahead of all farewells as if they were behind you, like the winter that is just departing.

In the depths all becomes law.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.

What is needed is, in the end, simply this: solitude, great inner solitude.