I think my parents - my parents were very hands-off, quite liberal in terms of their - they really - they did encourage me, but they never really pushed me into anything, really.

I like contrasting between black and white and color.

I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.

I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.

I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.

I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know.

I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing.

And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.

Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else.

I even love the smell of books.

Educate yourself. Learn everything you can and then let knowledge yield to kindness.

I won’t pressure you, Ari, but I’m not opposed to subtle acts of persuasion.

I’ve elected to age gracefully.

The strong are so stupid.

My horse was so late getting home, he tiptoed into the stable.

I don’t think we have conclusive proof that humans are at the center of [global warming]

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.

I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.