Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

I will either be famous or infamous.

I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful.

I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

Intuition is the highest form of intelligence, transcending all individual abilities and skills

If you desire a joyful heart, dance daily.

Thanks to arranged marriages: There are countless women who have never been their husband's girlfriend.

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.

Turn down the noise. Reduce the speed. Be like the somnolent bears, or those other animals that slow down and almost die in the cold season. Let it be the way it is. The magic is there in its power.

Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

Welbeck will be the main man and I have no doubt he will flourish. Imagine the pace Arsenal will have when everyone is fit.

Throughout my entire life, I constantly tried to fight normality. I hate it. I hate the idea of it. I hate routine. I hate anything that feels remotely regular or right.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'