It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

If a person gives nothing of what he has, either take nothing or take everything. If a person serves everything, take one. If a person gives one, either take it or leave it, depending on your feelings and his motives.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.