A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness. In fact, he creates new appearances of things.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

People become artists out of despair.

It seems as though the goal of my work has always been to dissolve myself completely into the sensations of the surroundings in order to then integrate this into a coherent painterly form.

If suffering can be transformed into creativity . . . I want to try it.

Anyone who directly and honestly reproduces that force which impels him to create belongs to us.

I begin with movement... I believe that all human visual experiences are born from movement..

All art needs this visible world and will always need it. Quite simply because, being accessible to all, it is the key to all other worlds.

The technical procedures doubtless release energies in the artist that remain unused in the much more lightweight processes of drawing or painting (remark on printmaking).

You can do anything. Nothing is forbidden.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens 'till parents stop clenching their fists around precious things and people, let go, & trust God!

Being right keeps you in place. Being wrong forces you to explore.

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.

Your personality is something that you created. Once you are aware of that, you could create it whichever way you want.

I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

I still gotta reacquaint myself with the hip-hop audience.

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.