I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions.

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.

Strict and literal truthfulness was a trivial game and might even be a disagreeable neurotic affliction.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.

All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.

you can die of the wrong thought as quick as of a bullet.

Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.

I'm not one to wallow, but I am one to feel the sting of a slap for a while, I think.

In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.

I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.