The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The only way to find happiness is to create it inside your mind.

In practice it is death that works soseductively behind the image of its brother, sleep

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?

Some people just join the military because they need college money. Then they're idiots and college wasn't going to help.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

Mastery has been achieved when one neither makes a mistake nor hesitates in the performance.

I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work

As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.