Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

Children know something that most people have forgotten.

The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation.

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.

I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something.

If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can't afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I'm all for it.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.

Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people.

Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well.... In fact I use red in all of my paintings.

Climb the ladder of success, by always presenting your best self. Practice being exceptional at what you do.

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away.

I come in peace unto you

I don't think I do have a soul.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

It's not a pretty picture, but there are reasons for hope.

Watching Fox, that's like watching the Cartoon Network. Fox is nuts.

There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.

There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.

...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.