When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it.

Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence?

All in all, it is a good life we are living, in a good world filled with good friends.

Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

Pittsburgh has this rich industrial past, when it was the heart of the U.S. steel industry, and it burned out as the industry burned out and moved elsewhere.

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

There is no question we are having a difficult time rounding up the votes.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

We were innocent once. How could it have gone so bad?

That's what's inspiring to me - finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.