I remember everything I know even the most superficial things. And what comes out is in my canvases.

Maybe I was a little jealous or envious of the abstract painters - but the truth was I thought what they were doing was boring.

I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.

Islamic killers are over here because we are over there.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

Don't spend your life collecting other peoples postcards

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.

Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.

...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.

I don't want to take food off of somebody's plate.

I don't belong to any club or group. I don't fish, cook, dance, endorse books, sign books, co-sign declarations, eat oysters, get drunk, go to church, go to analysts, or take part in demonstrations.