“That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.”

You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.

We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly

Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.

I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.

I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.

I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.

Give up doing the things that you do not like to do.

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.

Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.

The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind.

The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.

This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.

May you find INSPIRATION in the big picture, but may you find LOVE in the details.

When you get on the boat that’s saving you, don’t pull up the ladder behind you

Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God’s Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God.

I think you can find a lot of joy and inspiration through food.

How did Job know the Earth is suspended in space? Job could only know through divine inspiration.

Job is perhaps the oldest piece of literature known to man.

My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.