I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect a call any minute.

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.

Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

I work with things left over from other things.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

All The Things I Transformed By My Loving Soul, God, I Really Do Hope ...No One Is Ever Going To Love Them ...Ever Again.Petra Hermans

It’s a law of survival, isn’t it?—to seek the best. I didn’t come for your sake. I came for mine.

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity.

Experience is a great teacher.

I'm very into Taylor Swift. From her music to her wardrobe, she is absolutely killing it. Also, she has adorable cats that I would love to pet.

There is not love where there is no will.

Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity

I have been placed under surveillance, and I can't take a step without it being known to the Polish minister of internal affairs.

In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears.