I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste."

Every line is the actual experience with its own unique story.

I had my freedom and that was nice.

When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.

And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls.

I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick.

I never really separated painting and literature.

I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I do take liberties I wouldn't have taken before.

I would’ve liked to have been Poussin, if I’d had a choice, in another time.

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.

Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical.

Do you always ask me the same questions you ask him?""It depends on whether or not I get an answer.

Fear only has power when I cower under the illusion.

The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard.

How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves

With too little data, you won't be able to make any conclusions that you trust. With loads of data you will find relationships that aren't real... Big data isn't about bits, it's about talent.

Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

The beauty of America is that the average person always thinks she is above average.

Old love, old love, / How can I be true? / Shall I be faithless to myself / Or to you?

Planning allows you to mentally create a model of your future.