An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.

Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements?

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.

I wish to die knowing that I took a fleeting instant of eternity and fashioned from it a lifetime.

We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness.

You can accept reality, or you can persist in your purpose until reality accepts you.

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea.