Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.

Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won't count for much

Art is like beginning a sentence before you know its ending.

The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.

Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.

To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call one's basic self-worth into question.

Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art

Lesson for the day: vision is always ahead of execution - and it should be.

Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.

The hardest part of art-making is living your life in such a way that your work gets done-over and over-and that means, among other things, finding a host of practices that are just plain useful.

We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Perception starts with the eye.

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

I think it would be fun to write about movies again.

It may not be in the constitution, but every American has a god-given right to provinciality and ignorance.

Everything means nothing to me

That's right I never hold my tongue for saving face Even the mic feedback will humm "Amazing Grace"

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.