Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.

Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.

An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.

No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.

What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.

Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.

Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.

Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.

When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.

Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time.

Find out your talents and gifting and invest your whole time into perfecting them and becoming the best of yourself.

Why were kings cross? Maybe their trains were late! Some say warrior Queen Boudica was buried under platform 8.

Everytime you’re denying the flesh, you’re feeding and making the spirit stronger.

Violence can be a gift. Violence belongs to everyone.

Let freedom ring, unless it's on vibrate.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

Psychologically, it's better that I think that I'm dirt.

The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the director and the editor are both gifted and both fine human beings.

Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.

I have tried to make sure I knew the law and what the most recent changes were, and I've applied the law to the facts. I have not lost sleep over the decisions I have made.