“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.”
“I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to ... I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way-- things I had no words for.”
“A way of using words to say things which could not possibly be said in any other way, things which in a sense do not exist till they are born … in poetry.”
“When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.”
“You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.”
“Hypocrisy is a quality found in others. I am an optimist. I believe that saying the right thing will eventually cause people to do the right thing for me.”