I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you.

A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.

Your style is who you are when you’re not trying to be clever or better than you actually are.

I find I can't get rid of my trashiness as an artist. A lot of my themes in painting, to the extent that there are intentional themes, are meant to bring that conundrum into high relief.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings. It's as if you need to be less intelligent at that level.

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

Culture is for old people. When you're young you have your body, and that's all you need.

I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at it.

Instead of last man standing, it'll be last man smiling.

It's a huge thing when people realize across the culture that paper money is paper. And that there's no fixed value - it's all political. That all value is set by a political authority, basically.

When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine.

God didn't come down and tell me; I had to find it out through many years of experience. The work came first; the inspiration came later.

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

An ounce of help is worth more than a pound of pity any day.

the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!

This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality.

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

Does that mean you're prepared to deal with whatever turns up? People aren't sometimes. When they learn the real truth, they're all of a sudden content to live with a lie.

Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment.