Quotes

I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.

I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.

I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels.

It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage; and they must even change their name.

If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.

If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

The value of art is in the observer.

To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.

When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees, and then a grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, 'This is my vision.'

People who look at my painting say that it makes them happy, like the feeling when you wake up in the morning. And happiness is the goal, isn't it?

Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.

The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimize themselves in favor of the ideal... But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool.

The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.

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

My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines.

I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.

I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.