I will either be famous or infamous.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful.

Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse.

I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

One does not become a great swimmer by swimming in shallow waters.

The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted knight.

Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.

Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.

There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a great personal scale, had also an un-American genius for grandeur.

I'd love to develop a game and make the music for it. I'd love to do something based on Captain Lights. Who knows if that'll ever happen, but I'd love to do it.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it.

Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war with the world.