Not worrying about the cost of materials and tools extends my artistic freedom.

Van Gogh is the best example of how a person can be on the right track, propelled by gut feeling and some kind of strange obsessive stubborn conviction, that no one seems to understand.

Not everybody paints what the public will pay for. The method in which an artist receives money is nobody's business, what matters is that paintings are produced.

I just paint to fulfill an urge. When I don't have the urge, I just don't paint. This is not some stupid contest. But if it is, I feel like the winner that came in last.

It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.

Faith is the physical description of God. That's what He is. It's the only word we have in our language to accurately describe His physical form.

I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

I don't mind, it doesn't hurt me if anyone says I'm not normal. I don't know what normal is. Sometimes I'm just really tired, or I haven't eaten, and people get the wrong idea about me.

Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer.

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I'm definitely curious. I love pop culture. I'm glued to it. I can watch garbage TV, but then I can also watch great theater.

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

I do not love "good" more than I love "bad." Hitler went to heaven. When you understand this, you will understand God.

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

I got balls the size of grapefruits!