I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy.

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, - he's integrated totally into the function he performs.

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.

By the time your training is complete, you'll come on command my defiant queen.

Isolation is a way to know ourselves.

she also liked to remember that there could be no such thing as an intentional imperfection. People are always mistaking something that looks good for something that feels good.

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Soft flesh is eaten by hard teeth.

All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash

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Over time, the more we bring China into the world, the more the world will bring freedom to China.

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.