There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.

Your style is who you are when you’re not trying to be clever or better than you actually are.

I find I can't get rid of my trashiness as an artist. A lot of my themes in painting, to the extent that there are intentional themes, are meant to bring that conundrum into high relief.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings. It's as if you need to be less intelligent at that level.

Culture is for old people. When you're young you have your body, and that's all you need.

I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at it.

Instead of last man standing, it'll be last man smiling.

It's a huge thing when people realize across the culture that paper money is paper. And that there's no fixed value - it's all political. That all value is set by a political authority, basically.

That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing.

On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who." - Winnie-the-Pooh

The only real influence I've ever had is myself.

I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

I'm not at every party; I'm not seen everywhere. That's why people still care about my brand.

That golden sky, which was the doubly blessed symbol of advancing day and of approaching rest.

I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.

Literacy in itself is no education.

Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace.

Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.