From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.

If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.

Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.

Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.

If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

As hard as my life has been I have no desire for revenge. If I wish for anything it is for all the things that have been stolen from my life to be returned to me.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.

The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.

Jealousy is the theory that some other fellow has just as little taste.

I'm in the woods with Dr. Doolittle.

When I first went to America in 1928, there were spittoons everywhere. I remember avoiding spit as it flew past me in Times Square. Very unattractive.

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.

I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't know about harmonies, or anything, so if I'm composing a song, it's really hard.