Without emotional content we make pictures; with it, we create art.

An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Draw and paint the subject the way you want it to be, not as it is.

In the editing process, I delete what I do not want to use, move what remains around if necessary and add elements that I feel will make my visual statement as clear and understandable as possible.

Editing and selectivity are processes that provide the first steps in determining and conveying content.

The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.

Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content.

Content is the meaningful substance of the work.

Yo, Dekko, who do I gotta blow around here to get a shower?

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

as was his way, once he acknowledged the problem, he set about finding a means to resolve it

The more people you have to ask for permission, the more dangerous a project gets.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.

I'm not lying to myself like most people.

I love going to the G4 sci-fi-type parties.

Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.