I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.

You grow up trying to interpret, worshipping, visual symbols. It's a body-soaked imagery that you're looking at.

I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human.

My problem painting from my life was I found that you can't paint dirt without romanticising it.

There is still that singular perfection, and it's perfect in part because it seemed, at the time, so clearly to promise more.

Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life becomes fun...

History develops, art stands still.

Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.

Mary, you make me wanna eat you Every time I see you, it's like the first time I meet you Fragrance like a flower, subtle and sweet too Seductive and whatever, it might as well be see through.

Certainly, you may have been hurt beofre in love, but just because you get one bad apple doesn't mean they are all bad - and you can learn from the difficult ones.

I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off, a fear of science.

Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.

I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.