I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity..

Faith must be worked at..

I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet….

I used anything, various materials; this is wood, and this is mixed up clay, wedged together, clay with glazes and stuff like that..

You can change an outfit, you can outfit change, or both..

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right. Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will fe….

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your con….

The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit together nicely, are often useless and ugly, are out of proportion with one an….

When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts..

The public is always right..

The only thing that limits you right now is you..

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing..

All history is the history of thought..

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes..

Every thought was once a poem..

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive..

I always knew I would adopt. Always..

In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about that wo….

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..

I'm not a queen of anything, you know..

I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best.