I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

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.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.

The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?

I've never studied the Japanese. That's something that must have crept in there. But the Japanese are my biggest clients. They seem to like the elemental quality.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.

In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.

As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.

"Jesus said to 5 of 7 churches, "Repent or Else." That should be the focus of every pastor, denomination. We are headed for the OR ELSE."

Justin's fan are called Beliebers because it's politically incorrect to use the word retards.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.