I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize, and which we try to convey by the actual radiance and vibration of our coloring.
Vincent van Gogh, "On the Modern Portrait," c. 1889
The size and shape of the body don't matter, what matters is what the body contains. I take that idea in many different directions, such as the vibration of that material. Ideas are one more of our vibrations as we speak and the words fill space and stand frozen in the air; it's a way that we can transform into something physical.
Jaume Plensa, "Lecture at Davidson College," Davidson, NC, 2014
Wouldn't you like to see a positive LSD story on the news? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition? Perhaps? Wouldn't that be interesting? Just for once? 'Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration – that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.'
Bill Hicks, Relentless, 1992 (via wiki)