I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.

Children know something that most people have forgotten.

The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation.

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.

I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something.

If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can't afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I'm all for it.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.

Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people.

Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well.... In fact I use red in all of my paintings.

Art is for everybody.

A 'god' who's will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

If the government can't get the economy moving again, they have a lot of fundamental problems.

I always like to incorporate one or two chic accessories that contrast with the more gritty look of my daily uniform: a leather jacket and jeans.

A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

Friendship is stronger than kindred.

Six percent, 5 percent of our GDP for him [Vladimir Putin] to match us, he has to spend 25 percent of his GDP and it will bankrupt his country.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Carlisle has a theory...he believes that we all bring something of our strongest human traits with us into the next life, where they are intensified - like our minds, and our senses.