The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

All writers, all storytellers, are imposing their own narrative on something.

God is most important in everything

The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.

Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.

I don't like meat from the grocery store, it makes me nervous

Awaken to your own internal power, to your own connection to the Divine, and act on what you are inspired to do

I have no interest in cars. I have a plain, used Buick. I could run over 10 people, and you wouldn't be able to describe my car.

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.

Clay is one of the best things you can put in your body.