Sometimes, at a certain point, the painting seems to have painted itself without my help - what I have called the 'eureka' moment when a sudden daring intervention has worked a miracle.

Cubism came about because, in the process of analyzing form, something that lay in the form, a plane, could be lifted out to float on its own.

Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been mixed in paint.

All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years so that I can catch glimpses of the oncoming future.

All paintings start with concept, which is another word for image or imagination. The mistake is to isolate the concept as if the idea did not need to be given permanent form.

I don't want to always be doing the same old thing.

No artist, if he has original talent, can paint like another.

The art of painting is entering a new golden age. It is in no danger of becoming obsolete.

Art is a celebration of life, intended by the artist to put the spectator in touch with the divine.

Each painting is a plunge into the unknown.

There is my love... of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams and ideals into the future.

We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds.

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.

You can't do a good job unless you're keen on it yourself.

How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them.

I don't suppose any man has ever understood any woman since the beginning of things. You don't understand our imaginations, how wild our imaginations can be.

I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.

One of the things about the whole Harley motorcycle culture is that it's a little bit renegade.

Our Garrick 's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry