“Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms.”

“Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it.”

“Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.”

“... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.”

“I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.”

“Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Thou art the Potter and I am the clay.”

“As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.”