Modernism is the protein of our cultural imagination.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre

A Gustave Courbet portrait of a trout has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion.

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't have any control over the action going on upstairs.

Why wait for a call when you have a command?

Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and attach it on to the public

Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.

It is the nature of carnivores to get power and then, having disposed of their enemies, to deploy the emollient powers of Great Art to make themselves look like herbivores.

Life is a series of such moments. And making each one matter means you’re living your life to the fullest.

Someday, I'm going to have to break some of your rules, Mom.""I know, " she said. "Try to do it behind my back, will you?¨You can bet on that, Mom.¨We both sat there and laughed.

We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, We take to smoke divine and wine.If breath of sun does belch its heat, we boil coffee and prepare to eat.

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.

In the business world cooperation is essential.

I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do.

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't feel like I am.

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

Looking back, you can romanticize the things you did back then. I also like talking about the stupid things I've done.