Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.

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.

Is it any wonder that fear and anxiety have become the hallmarks of our age?

Feelings or Emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are in your deepest place.

The past and present are only our means the future is always our end. Thus we never really live but only hope to live.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.

Your habits will determine your quality of life.

Science studies the relations of things to each other: but art studies only their relations to man.

I want each album to say something different and be accepted better than the last one but I don't have any point to outdo any particular album of mine.

Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.

I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man.