If things are too similar, the dialogue is not very interesting. If you put in contrast, big and small, abstract and representational, you set up the possibility of a discourse.

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.

I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.

You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the personal, and yet so much remains!

The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone.

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry.

I think the best approach is not to be too much like the thing that they are referring to, see it as a guide.

Art is more to do with observation than invention.

If you close the door to the things you feel comfortable with, you will never discover the truth about yourself.

I embrace every day as an opportunity to live fully and with total heart!

You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are.

Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.

I discovered that being someone you are not is often easier than living with the person you are.

There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.

We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first).

When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.

The most important thing for old guys is never start going down the stairs sideways.

The Sacraments are Jesus Christ’s presence in us. So it is important for us to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.

You. Are. Not. Leaving. Me.