I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn't just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

Traveling down a road of self-destructionWith no room for any reconstruction

I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system.

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.

I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.

I won't be labeled as average.

As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.