In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.

I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.

You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.

A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid.

I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.

Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.

I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.

You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all

Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.

Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains.

If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.

Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older music, like Richie Valens, Chuck Berry, Willie Nelson, and Fats Domino.

Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.

I came out of retirement to run a start-up, Historically, I seldom used all of my vacation time, and the last sick day I took was in 1992. I am a sick puppy.

I'm just not comfortable with that society stuff. I mean, we were just invited to the White House, but my husband won't take me because he knows I don't want to go.

The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!

The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.