Try everything that can be done.... Learn your own possibilities.

The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.

Try everything that can be done. Be deliberate. Be spontaneous. Be thoughtful and painstaking. Be abandoned and impulsive. Learn your own possibilities.

I found myself in my first art school under the direction of Robert Henri... My life began at this point.

Art strives for structure, and aspires for magnificence.

When someone places more value in saving money, than the value they place in saving Life, they have “misplaced” their values.

Can you tell me... what type of face is that.- Feeling disturbed... angry, mad... crazy???- WHAT?

We cannot conquer fate and necessity yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.

I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.

All the magazines contradict each other because it is so diverse. Know what you like, know what looks good on you and keep doing it, no reason to chase trends.

Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.