Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
Through a painting we can see the whole world.
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.
Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn't a single nasty message. Everybody tried to say something nice.
If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.