It is impossible for me to envisage a picture as being other than a window, and why my first concern is then to know what it looks out on.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.

Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling.

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.

The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.

It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.

Objects seen in dreams should be manufactured and put on sale.

Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.

He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.

I am THAT, I AM! Why should I be perfect.. when I'm already imperfectly perfect. And that's what is unique and perfect about me. I love that I am that I love that I am!

I want to die like my grandfather died . . . peacefully in his sleep. Not like the other three people screaming in the car.

The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that's what I want to be.

Comedies in Hollywood is usually the path of least resistance when it comes to being black in Hollywood and putting movies together. They would rather make us laugh than cry, in some respect.

There are no half-hearted champions.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.

I enjoy playing evil, but not one-dimensional evil characters. I like the ebbs and cracks in the armor.

When I first came back into the booth, I starting rapping.