“"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasnt a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all......”

“I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world.”

“What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make their lives more livable.”

“In the first grade I already knew the pattern of my life. I didn't know the living of it but I knew the line. ... From the first day in school until the day I graduated everyone gave me one hund...”

“I believe in my work and in the joy of it. You have to be with the work and the work has to be with you. It absorbs you totally and you absorb it totally.”

“‎"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all....”

“When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.”

“Stand up for what is right even if you're standing alone.”

“If we go to war, it must only be with right on our side.”