Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

Life is beautiful, so celebrate it like the gift that it is.

Grace is the promise that your heavenly Father remembers your sins no more.

When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.

The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.

Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

[George Saunders] is very precise about what he is doing. There isn't a thing left to chance.