Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps. One thing leads to another.

I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.

If you know what you're doing, you're doing dull stuff.

You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.

Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way.

Paint faster than you can think.

What's in front of me is what's most interesting.

If you're going to go for 'it' you have a common thing you share with other artists; that's desperation. You jump out a window style-wise. Try to put it together before you hit the ground.

You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.

I know people can be a little nervous about swimsuits, but have some fun with it. Believe you can hold it down. If you believe you can hold it down, you can wear it.

Painting seems an old man's business. After a certain time you're out of it, and you just paint masterpieces.

She holds secretsthat would break spinesyet she carries them so well.

Sometimes life is nothing more that a mere constant battle of tug and war between what's best for you and what makes you happy.

He said, "Yeah, well, artists are a lot like gangsters. They both know that the official version, the one everyone else believes, is a lie.

The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost.

Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.

If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.

As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

I feel as though someone's handed me the moon... and I don't exactly know what to do with it.

Forever only takes its toll on some