I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

Those who are long on logic, definitions, abstractions, and formulas are frequently short on a sense of the concrete.

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.

We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity.

Things bloosom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.

The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.

I've always taken a lot of exercise - I get a bit depressed if I don't. In terms of food, I'm a bit of a grazer.

Women are complicated...not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy, and women happen to be people.

Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it.