We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.

I love seeing things that work in the micro and work in the macro.

I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.

I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.

When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.

I dont think I talk to anybody the same way I talk to Moby.

We're making so many images today and it's unbelievable. I shoot stuff all the time. I try to figure a lot out before I paint. I do a tremendous amount of shooting.

I've always wished that I had a great ability to verbalize art theory and find a way that I fit in to the whole lineage, but I don't have a clue.

There's the people who have one of these cell phones in their pockets and don't have a clue how it's made. But I really want to understand.

I'm a painter, I'm an artist. I take things too far sometimes. I really need some comfort.

I wanted to finally feel better about understanding. I painted my wife because I wanted to understand her. I can talk to her, but I didn't understand why I was so compelled.

He might be a genius, but that did not make him a leader

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

People say money ain't nothing money is basically everything.

I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

Keep your focus on your passion in life and the things you enjoy doing. Youll get there. Trust me. I'm doing it.