We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck out a bit. And then pretty soon, that's very acceptable.

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.

The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.

I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.

I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes.

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas, let's see if I can do it.

Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevitable.

As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.

I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it.

Dream sets us on fire.Dream gives us direction.Dream betters our potential.Dream helps us prioritize.Dream adds value to our work andlife.Dream colors our future.

Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too.

She soars with eagles and navigates by rainbows.

There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

Unless you're doing some kind of God conscious thing and you know that He's the one who's really in charge, you're just building up a lot of karma and not really helping yourself or anybody else.

I am afraid of him, of all men who are successful in love.

Creationism: the theory that Rome was built in a day.

What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.