I have a completely romantic idea about making paintings, I guess.

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.

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

Never again!" commanded his will. "Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart.

My role model is my dad.

In hawthorn-time the heart grows light.

The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.

I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

The loneliness is the mother of wisdom.

Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't know about before. Then tell somebody else.

I think I'm a very poor piano player.