A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Fortunes mean nothing without knowing the lives they forever changed.

Unless a man has trained himself for his chance the chance will only make him ridiculous.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Playing Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king.

You enrich people with creative resources, and over time, these Lego bricks that end up in their heads eventually build this enormous, incredible castle.

I'm really happy in Liverpool and the club feels such a family. I feel great, I have a nice house and my family have been here from the beginning so they could help me.

Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.

I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers." Aly propped her chin on her hand. "So does manure," she observed.

It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love.