Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form.

I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.

The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft.

Collage-making, for me, is basically an act of painting, allowing me to indulge in an appetite for immediacy.

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.

Men... No matter how unappealing, each of them imagines he is somehow worthy.

I've always been very tied to language.

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

The word responsibility is right, and doing everything you can to educate yourself and learn and be aware.

I keep living this day like the next will never come.

Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.

There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

In our culture right now, I want to take on this notion of what a singular success means. We think success is one thing, but it's actually a spectrum of where our life takes us.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!