I have to say, that's pretty typical for artists, kind of embarrassingly typical for artists that everything is all about selection.

I feel that the only thing that really matters in art and life is to go against the tidal wave of literalism and literal-mindedness-to insist on and live the life of the imagination.

The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out.

Spend a day talking only in rhyme.

For me, art history is like a feather bed - you fall into it and it catches you.

The only thing worth doing is what's never been done before.

Ever since I started painting, I have tried to get the fluidity and surprise of image connection, the simultaneity of film montage, into painting.

Truth is, I didn't know what the hell I was doing when I got out of Cal Arts. I think I wasted a lot of time not being bold enough, or still engaged in the questioning that you get into at school.

My focus was always toward imagery of some sort.

People tend to remember and mentally classify work according to how it looks, sometimes oblivious to the underlying intent.

This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.

Be great in all you do.

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.

Facts are lonely things.

I think it would be great if we got along with Russia because we could fight ISIS together, as an example.

What egotism, what stupid vanity, to suppose that a thing could not happen because you could not conceive it!

You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.

Genius: the ability to prolong one's childhood.

A different word usually came to my mind when I thought of Yeva, though it did sound a lot like “witch.

intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.