An artist sees things not as they are, but as he is.

First we draw what we see; then we draw what we know; finally we see what we know.

First you draw what you see. Next, you draw what you know, and only then will you know what it is that you see.

Drawing is like studying Greek and piano- you can't speak or play in your conscious, which is clumsy. You must get it into your subconscious, which is graceful. But that takes time.

Am I the kind of person I want my eternal companion to be?

Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most.

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge we must settle things by the sword.

No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.

Imagination is intervention, an act of defiance. It alters belief.

I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.

I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.

Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.