I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.

It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.

It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it.

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is just collecting stories and songs along the way.

stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

I strongly believe that whenever there's failure or you feel like you've failed, it's only just the beginning, and you can only learn from it.

To be too dissatisfied with ourselves is a weakness. To be too satisfied with ourselves is a stupidity.

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.

Medicine today invests heavily in information technology, yet the promised improvement in patient safety and productivity frankly have not been realized.

To improve as a player you need to not only know how you plan to win, but ... how might your opponent disrupt your plan.

People are so much more fascinated by the royal family generally than in England.