The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

Greediness of getting more deprives ... the enjoyment of what it had got.

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

It's not always plain sailing... especially when you're flying!

People who do well in life understand things that other people don't understand.

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses. Admirable gardens of absurd beliefs, forebodings, obsessions and frenzies. Unknown, ever-changing gods take shape there.

My parents always raised us with the idea of having college in mind. You sort of need a college education. It's part of life. It's something that you do - like going to your prom.

I don't have to many friends, I have 5 or 6 boys in my life that never change no matter what.

You can split atoms, but you can't split true love.

You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change.