Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work.

The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible.

The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.

This everyday world affects the way art is created as much as it conditions its response.

The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real meaning will be stated.

Artist refers to a person, willfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed.

I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art, it is because I wish to avoid the endless arguments some other name would bring forth.

Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me.

A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art.

You can't teach colour from Cézanne, you can only teach it from something like this bubble-gum wrapper.

...it's not what artists touch that counts most. It's what they don't touch.

Men drive off bridges and drink too much because of women like you.

I had everything summed up in a nutshell unfortunately I lost the nut.

When love becomes a play of squirming mindgames or a tinderbox of mental conflicts, emotional benchmarks need an unremitting reset. ("Another empty room")

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

Everybody wants to rule the world.

We need revelation for the calling of officers in the Church. Men should not be called merely through impression.

At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have.

What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you how to live.