It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive.

Any blockhead can arrange a sublet. All I ever wanted was to support myself on art.

People don't buy lady art.

Nobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane.

Watch out success will only arrive when your action are strong enough to attract them.

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never afford himself.

I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently.

Where there is no freedom there can be no morality.

There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.

You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

it goes something like 'There are a lot of ways to be yourself.