All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.
The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian.
The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.
If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as individuals.
You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.
I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.