If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.

I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.

I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

Mine was not pop art. I maybe started with a subject, but I changed the subject.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

All experiences are stories to be told and must be written.

I'm kissing Alyson Hannigan and I almost stuck my tongue in her mouth because we just got so into it at one point.

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.

If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.

I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how do you do it?' They are scared to death to do anything.

Politics is of the heart as well as of the mind. Many people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.

I'm sure God, wherever he is, wants to see us get along with one another and love one another.