I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace.

One of the great things about songwrighting

Motivation is the greatest gift to stimulate the feable minded.

Other married people have lived together and hated each other. Why shouldn't we? We may forget even to hate.

I've been on 'Days' since I was 16, and being surrounded by such thin, gorgeous actresses made me so insecure and self-conscious.

The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.

Studies from universities in Holland and Berlin confirm that 80 percent of Muslims in the Netherlands believe it is a heroic deed to travel to Syria as a fighter.

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

Hey, Vader, keep your Jedi mind tricks to yourself. That hurt! (Jesse)

The amount of painkillers I was given. Every time I had a pain in my leg I got used to numbing it out.