It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you quickly can lose control.

I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate intrigue.

I'm always working in this universe - whether picturing hamburger joints, Virgin Marys, domestic scenes - using these "vacant-faced" women as a medium to question universal truths.

Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my pictures where there is such a strong signature, yet with a set of rigorous rules to it.

I'll always remember Jean Paul Gaultier, who did a project based on Madonnas, remarking on the images, "Yours are much better." Gaultier is really smart, so it's good getting a compliment from him!

An inexhaustible imagination is the fountain of youth.

Is breá liom tú le mo chroí go, anois agus go deo.” "And I love you with all my heart, now and forever, Manus O'Brien.

A true spiritual teacher will never guide you through the door, only to the door.

I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.

Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn't there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?

My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.

For many years I hoped to have an exhibition in China, because of my family connection.

Everybody makes mistakes. You have to be careful when you make your mistakes. Now is not a good time to make a mistake.

It is almost impossible to grow a company of any size and worth unless you expand beyond yourself

Despite our significant public-policy differences, I commend Jim Wallis for advocating religious belief as an invaluable resource in addressing the urgent moral and social crises of our time.