I only work in relation to what the work is about. Yes, of course, if the world's coming to an end I would basically try to get out of the way when the sky falls.

Skills come with age, but wisdom, I doubt it very, very much.

The only art I'm interested in is the art I don't understand right away. If you understand it right away it really has no use except as nostalgia.

Once you know about a work of mine you own it. There's no way I can climb inside somebody's head and remove it.

Art that imposes conditions - human or otherwise - on the receiver for its appreciation in my eyes constitutes aesthetic fascism.

All art is made from anger.

Accreditation. The "doctorate of fine art." I've never heard something so stupid in my entire life.

In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know.

I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to.

You can't have a $2 million painting unless it's on the wall somewhere and somebody saw it.

Art's supposed to build logic structures.

I would rather have 30 minutes of "wonderful" than a lifetime of nothing special.

The way you react to challenging situations will say a lot about you. Actually, it will make or break your business.

As for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them.

I probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people.

That's a great golden nugget that's going in my tactical toolbox

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

As if fixing the little errors would made the big stuff manageable.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Our job as humans is to make admiration of others and adoration of God fully conscious and deliberate.

The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different