My mother warned me to avoid things colored red.

Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.

I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.

I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

Though sorrow may impede my heart, It is of great love to have known you.

By not making your own choices, you give up power to change your life.

No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.

If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or [fill in career blank] - that means you're a writer worthy of literary respect?

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

Maybe I need some rehab, Or maybe just need some sleep

No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

You're not weak at all. Wounded, but that's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm not white. Why should I care about the future of white societies