Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.

To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.

A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

When we set up a goal for ourselves our body starts to produce inner energy independently

If today was a flavor it would taste like beige...

Failure leads to a decrease in motivation only when it is accepted as failure. Failure leads students to improve when they see it is a stepping stone on the road to success.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation

A lot of the time, the way it's portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.

Short on glamour and long on tragedy.

I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

The best designs of all are organic, evolving from the subtleties of the ground they inhabit.