I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was finished, even though, at that time, I didn't know what I would do.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

What makes a good book? Simply put, a good book is one that you enjoy reading.

I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time.

O who is more to blame: He who sins for pay - Or he who pays for sin?

Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.

That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.

I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.

I think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys.

Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his ways to man.

I profess not talking: only this, Let each man do his best.