I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques.
Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life.
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
It’s a curious thing. I suppose most people think of artists as impatient but I don’t know of any first-rate artist who hasn’t manifested in his career an appalling patience, a willingness to wait and to do his best now in the expectation that next year he will do better.
Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.
Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity.
This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.
My first job was working in a dress shop in Los Angeles in 1940, for $7 a week.
I've never thought of myself as an outsider but the more I'm around people, it appears to be that I'm an outsider. When they look at you and go, "What planet did you drop in from?" I don't know, but it's always been like that.