I found myself in my first art school under the direction of Robert Henri. . . My life began at this point.
Try not to live in a linguistic slum.
It is easier to endure than to change. But once one has changed, what was endured is hard to recall.
The white race is the cancer of human history, it is the white race, and it aloneits ideologies and inventionswhich eradicates autonomous civilizations wherever it spreads, which has upset the ecological balance of the planet, which now threatens the very existence of life itself.
. . . what I write is smarter than I am. Because I can rewrite it.
What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.
All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears.
It's all about finding and hiring people smarter than you. Getting them to join your business. And giving them good work. Then getting out of their way. And trusting them. You have to get out of the way so YOU can focus on the bigger vision. That's important. And here's the main thing. . . . you must make them see their work as a MISSION.
You'd see extraordinary-looking people around in the '70s. It was so exciting! You'd have mad people, like Gerlinde Kostiff riding around on her bicycle with a huge hat. Everybody was doing things. I don't have any bad memories of that period.
Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
All these feelings need to be felt. We need to stomp and storm; to sob and cry; to perspire and tremble.