I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.

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.

Recurring dreams for some may seem like a punishment

Know that blank pages feel the urge of the ink as much as tears paint a different pain, changes

In the end, it all comes down to the Blood...

And what has been so awful in your life that you have to write about it?” Mrs Lincoln, a definite gall bladder, persevered.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

If you cannot bless yourself, then nobody can bless you.

I think Twitter is kind of boring, to be honest. To me, it's not even real life.

A zygote is the beginning of a new human being (i.e., an embryo).

I am showing my pupils details of an immense landscape which they cannot possibly know their way around.

The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.