"The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy."

"To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting."

"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself."

"With a family of six, there is always something to make, create and do together."