Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.

Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.

An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.

No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.

What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.

Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.

Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.

Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.

When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.

Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time.

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself.

At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.

It has thick skin, and all the most important thinkers have become part of it.

Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind.

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.

Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.