“The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.”

“Being seventy is not a sin.”

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

“The dog that trots about finds a bone.”

“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.”