I almost always see what I didn't achieve, to a smaller or greater extent.

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.

Every book is a unique experience.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.

And the drops of rain. They are delicate, at first, their splashes graceful against pavement. Soon, though, the soft patter grows into a furious storm.

Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.

I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.

Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall.

The Kurds are the greatest fighting force and our strongest allies. They're Muslim.

A winner forgets he's in a race, he just loves to run.

It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills.

Awkwardness aside, it's nice to be liked.

I am not so gifted as at one time seemed likely.