Painting is a state of being.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed of flowers, you don't tear your hair out over what it means.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was.

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

Damn straight" said Connor. " So yeah, I look at you and I could suck start a leaf blower, or drill a Kevin-shaped body hole into the wall, like a cartoon.

Animals are good human beings and human beings are bad animals

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.

Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate.

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

I'm gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I'm feeling that day.

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

They say that guys who like chick flicks tend to do a little better with the ladies. Well, I INVENTED the chick flick, so you can pretty much guess where that leaves me.

If I had a billion dollars I would...oh wait...already do.