A negative is never finished.

Mostly, drawings are things I make for myself - I do them in sketchbooks. They are mental experiments - private inner thoughts when I'm not sure what will come out.

It's the procedures in and for themselves that interest me. The picture isn't really necessary.

What interests me is the unforeseeable.

I don't see a big difference between painting and photography. Moreover, such distinctions mean nothing to me.

Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.

I’m a believer in luck and think the social conditions you’re born into provide the opportunity for you to prove your luck. And I suppose I’ve been lucky.

Picabia is a very old painter who some people try to connect me to, but I refuse such comparisons very well.

I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.

When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.

I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical presence of the best among multitudes. And I only have one shelf.

A well arranged scrapbook, filled with choice selections, is a most excellent companion for anyone who has the least literary taste.

Can you imagine having a love affair going on and on decade after decade? Macabre.

I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.

I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.

Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.

If you don't visit a bad neighborhood, it might visit you.

The first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have.