Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.

Perhaps there is a minimum distance that should separate one exhibit from another... Indeed those specialized in psychophysics have actually come up with some rules.

As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.

What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it.

The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulants to the imagination.

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward itself. Hence, perhaps, the disappointment.

I can really recommend a beautifully but sparsely furnished room with empty walls!

I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.

Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.

There is a solution to any problem you have to solve the puzzle.

Doing evil to another person doesn't prove your love and loyalty to another person

Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time.

We are still focussing too much on gender. If we all just gave ourselves a break, knowing that we could all be everything, we'd feel relieved and more equal.

There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Life really changes. And it gets lighter, for the most part. You tolerate yourself and others better.