I have found, and most artists are probably this way, that [when] you're working on some kind of idea, the idea makes demands.

I find great satisfaction in the rigorous structure of the grid, but I like the organic on the grid so that there's a combination of structure and chaos.

Very early on I was interested in doing political art, but it was not feminist political art.

I've always been interested in archaeology, I guess ever since junior high or high school.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

I did live in Paris for three years and I prefer New York.

I've always liked New York even before I lived in New York. It represents something, I think, and it would be trite to say what it represents really because it's been said so many times.

Mexico doesn't seem alien to Californians.

When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.

I have made on occasion posters and things like that for political reasons but not my work.

I veer more toward the philosophical and the poetic than I do toward the alert and angry.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.

Doubters don't mean a damn thing. I doubt it'll rain tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I control the rain. What I think has no bearing on what is. The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt.

The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death.

By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive.

You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.

One realizes how we take water for granted and how important it is to have it in order to stay alive. Beyond the drinking of it, let's not forget the hygiene.

There is this feeling that I have a destiny far away from the shallow and preposterous posing that is our life.

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.