I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m completely in this world of possibility.

I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.

Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing.

Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.

The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they're better than.

I would like my life to be a movie so I could cut to a montage.

Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.

Photography is my passion.

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

Most people stop learning out of fear. They are afraid they cannot learn.

Some time in our lives every man and woman of us, putting out our hands toward the stars, touch on either side our prison walls the immutable limitations of temperament

Because you know I'm All about that bass 'Bout that bass, no treble.

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.