I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect a call any minute.

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.

Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

I work with things left over from other things.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

The towering genius is not apolitical.

You need to choose your association according to your vision.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

People's genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting cancer, heart disease or Alzheimer's.

I'm very much into vengeance, in the way that if someone attacks you, you have to attack him twice if you want to survive.

I come home more exhausted after a day of emotional work on set than I've ever had in any sporting event I've played or anything. It's draining. But it's also part of the fun.

Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum? Dad-a-cham? Ded-a-chek?

Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.

The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.