I'm not an abstractionist... I'm not interested in relationships of colour or form or anything else.

To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

Symphony starts when you walk together, feel the heart beats and understand the unspoken words.

I'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet.

I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to care.

It's all downloading. As a matter of fact, within five years, there will be no CDs.

Few males achieve any real freedom in their sexual relations even with their wives. Few males realise how badly inhibited they are on these matters.

This is a magical and inspiring metaphor through which adult readers will identify anger issues and discover practical methods to energize enduring change.

Sometimes it seems to me that the celebration of a person is really just a prelude to ridicule.

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

Start from the bottom up.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.