Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.

The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.

I think of my art materials not as junk but as garbage. Manure, actually: it goes from being the waste material of one being to the life-source of another.

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

Seize the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.

I want to print books by people in the film industry.

I love round people, I love skinny people. I love people in general; we've got to get past labels and stop being so critical about everything.

Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.

Spit fire from my hammer like I wasn't God's child.

When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.

I am here, come closer," the old donkey said with her eyes. "I will mother you.

Every man--I know this--turns weak, pliant, ridiculous as soon as he's in love.