I never wish for critics.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Are you dying?"Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.

Every thought creates a plan, every decision creates a way forward, every action brings forth tangible assets. Everything starts from the mind my friend.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

Poor Lucas, always trying to protect me from danger. He’d never guessed that I was the dangerous one.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

Ever helped a Magician before? No? Well, you're not helping one now, either!

I do think it's often a mistake to call them climate skeptics. I think they're deniers, just as I think president Ahmadinejad of iran who claims not to believe that the Holocaust occurred.