I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

Reality is fabricated out of desire.

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.

They say love inspires. Guess what inspires more? An enemy.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

Command any idea to clothe itself in form.