Don't 'discover' a subject of any kind.

I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.

Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression

Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.

In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness.

One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.

If you get an image try to destroy it.

I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they are considered.

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful, the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles.

I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm.

God wants you to always have a hunger in your heart to learn something new.

When you judge others you reveal your inability to see them through God's eyes.

As soon as you 'Botox' your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity.

When I was in grade school I was into chess club, Latin club, D&D, computer camp - everything that made vaginas go away.

I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.

If you want the ultimate thrill, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price.

We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.