I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe they are used to lack of feedback. Maybe they are tougher.

Every artist returns to things. The drawings that you make as a child or as an adolescent and the ideas that you have as a young beginning artist, no doubt they crop up again and again.

Artists are like cockroaches; everything is grist for the mill.

Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift of the gods.

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.

Artie is going to do what ever Artie wants to do.

My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.

Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present.

Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they can out of the text they're working with.

The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart.

Most of the outrage comes from not the public, but from the media, the press and writers.

In a lot of ways, certain things, it feels like they're never going to go away. The best thing to do is continue to ask questions, look that fear in the eye.