One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

There are some great positive quotes out there that I can't quite share as I wonder how a victim in a war torn country could be expected to see from their perspective?

It was creative, not financial success that thrilled Walt.

Even indecision is a decision.

Milk should be homogenized-not people.

I did not take off our clothes, and did not enter you, and did not touch you. However, we practice love.

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.

Is that all? The mountain in labor has brought forth a mouse.

It's Mother's Day, so a big 'Happy Birthday' to all you mothers out there!

This country to-day [is] the last stronghold of freedom, standing like a rock in a tide that is threatened to submerge the world.

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.