The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

My education taught me a lot, but nothing I needed to learn.

Don’t live life by default.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great.

I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

Something flickers across his bloodshot eyes. Pain.

How many pistols smoking coming from a broken family?