I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

With every part you act, there must be a little of yourself in it. If there isn't, it's not acting. It's lying.

Remember to honor the hand which reached out for you when you needed it, by being that hand to someone else who is struggling.

The Djojobojo Prophecy doesn't just tell you WHAT happened and WHERE it happened...it tells you WHY it happened!

Earth is our only citadel in the universe

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept.... My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

We are not relevant when we mirror secular culture. We are relevant when we are what they long to be.

Money cannot fill an empty soul.

I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we imagine and the things that exist.

A living countryside is not a luxury but a necessity for the human population; if you let conservation go hang until your pockets are jingling there will be a lot less to conserve