I cross out words so you will see them more

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.

Every single line means something.

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

The more I paint the more I like everything.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Some say they stand on the shoulders of giants. True. But have they ever tried walking like one?

They also serve who only stand and wait.

I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

We must also suffer the consequences of our past decisions. And for that, we must open our hearts to those in need.

Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would, probably, be far more interesting and contain events of greater moment than all the three score and ten years that follow it.

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.