Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.

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.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

The mind is a thing capable of destroying itself when deep grief sets in, and when left alone to muse over one’s misery, the most irreparable damage can be done. You need people to heal.

Here, then, is the last moment of true perception, a man fishing in a red jacket and a cloudy sky reflected on opaque water.

When you have little girls bringing you your action figures for you to sign, it's like, 'Wow, things are happening, and dreams do come true.'

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

If I walk into my house and something is askew, I can't do anything until I fix it. It's so burdensome to live that way.

One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.