I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

Kiss with your soul, where lips can never reach. Touch with your eyes, penetrate deep. Love every part, fully, complete.

Never be the cause of someone's misery

You are the creator of your world.

People in everyday life can sniff out the neediness of a performer trying to earn love.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.

In fact although I have studied in a Conservatory the classical piano, I do not consider myself a classical pianist.

The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.