To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.

Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.

A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

One sweet note is but an ounce of pain.

Listen to the advice of your own Destiny! All is a given!

She kept watching the words.

Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of either.

It is good knowing that glasses are to drink from; the bad thing is not to know what thirst is for.

Much as I like getting awards in Oldenburg, Germany and Torino, it's nice to get one in America.

Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.

My counsel is, that we draw water from the true source and fountain, that is, that we diligently search the Scriptures. He who wholly possesses the text of the Bible, is a consummate divine.

Before all else, be armed.

The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .