Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art.

Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.

An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.

No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.

What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.

Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.

Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.

Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.

When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.

Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time.

Always see the positive aspect of every situation you find yourself

Love is a bright blue sky.You can live under it, but love couldn't hide.

The sky cries for those filled with sadness

Och, my potion is boiling. I need to say good night and keep an eye on the pot. Ye canna overboil newt's eyeballs.

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.

I'll love you when my eyes are open, I'll love you when my eyes are gone.

British humour is very cruel. It's my favourite kind of humour; if it isn't cruel and funny it doesn't really cut the cake for me.

Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee; All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing; For God is his All.