Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.

I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

Karma is an energy debt which you owe or an energy credit which is owed you. Both involve compound interest that is added to the equation making it either a burden or a blessing.

Coping with rejection is an important skill to learn and understand when navigating the Art World. Rejection and disinterest is the rule, not the exception.

Persistence and love of one's work is the key.

There must not be a canon of orthodoxy where art is judged and measured. The culture cannot move forward with our heads turned backwards.

Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.

Success for an artist is completed work. Very successful artists complete a lot of work. It's that simple.

I work without commercial considerations.

Through a process of trial and error and experimentation, I discovered the simplest method - using only black - produced work with the strongest visual impact installed.

God is never in a hurry, but God is never late

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

We all possess the need to dream.

I did not plan to make the Cube.

You can always make a loan at a bank if you can show sufficient evidence that you don't need it.

The chance of winning a Super Bowl in a city like New York, there's nothing like it. Once you win one, you get that bug to win another one, that edge.

I don't think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of course if you live that way you are clinically insane.

I have seen many ladies displaying different styles and different styles displaying ladies.

We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.