Thomson's small oil sketches of the last years palpitate and throb. They are as direct in attack as a punch in the nose.

Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended.

I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.

Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit.

With love I draw what I hate.

I make up a set of rules and play within those rules until I win.

I am interested in doing something that cannot be explained.

When you could do anything, what you decide to do is important.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown

"The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable."

[In New York,] when you say you're an actor, there's a certain level of respect that goes with that.

Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

Information is the religion of the modern world.

A person's wound is where their passion is born.

Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.