I wonder whether there is such a thing as critical art. I suppose there are portraits of people who could destroy you.

A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.

Your style is who you are when you’re not trying to be clever or better than you actually are.

I find I can't get rid of my trashiness as an artist. A lot of my themes in painting, to the extent that there are intentional themes, are meant to bring that conundrum into high relief.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings. It's as if you need to be less intelligent at that level.

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

Culture is for old people. When you're young you have your body, and that's all you need.

I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at it.

Instead of last man standing, it'll be last man smiling.

It's a huge thing when people realize across the culture that paper money is paper. And that there's no fixed value - it's all political. That all value is set by a political authority, basically.

Everyone wishes for a better life, and yet they want nothing to change.

In her hand was a necklace with a small oval pendant, a half of a locket engraved with one of the same symbols from the mirror frame—what Quinn saw as rolling waves. ~ "The Mirror

Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget the naive forgive and forget the wise forgive but do not forget.

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many.

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

There's nothing like being in the moment, even when that moment isn't captured or shared.

I like The Big Lebowski. The Dude is my man. My brother and I can quote that.

Capitalism is about the mutual creation of wealth rather than the pillaging of it.