I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.

It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.

It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it.

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

Adversity is a mirage. People, situations, and relationships sometimes change for the worst but inevitably clear a path for far better replacements. The continued journey will always find bliss.

Maybe people do like wine. It's not as nice as just eating the grapes, but it's okay.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.

Everybody should be lucky enough to live as long as I have and be happy.

Think what a great world revolution will take place when ... [there are] millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks on their backs tramping around the back country.

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago.

It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.

Once I stopped trying to always do everything my way, and once I asked for God's help, things have truly gone a different direction.