"The figure is just the most represented tool to get thoughts and feelings across."

“Snatching happiness takes a lot more courage than enduring unhappiness”

“The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.”

“I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.”

“I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.”

“Gay people are born into, and belong to, every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They are doctors and teachers, farmers and bankers, soldiers and athletes. And whether we know it or whether we acknowledge it, they are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.”

“But don't forget my ideas are only what's been written down in history by the great people of the world who've gone before. All I've done is condense the wisdom of the world into an attitude for athletics. Athletics aren't just running, it's a way of life”

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”

Source : "Fire In Belltown, USA Destroys Last Bell Factory". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. May 31, 2012.

“I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves.”

Source : "My Life". Book by Oskar Kokoschka, 1974.