The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.

You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple

The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it.

Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?

Every industry, there are rogues and bad actors. There could be rogues and bad actors in journalism. Rogues and bad actors in medicine. Rogues and bad actors in the legal community.

I'm going to outplay you. That's the mentality I have, and you should want to outplay me.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

Ted Cruz supported a 500-percent increase in the number of H-1 visas, the guest workers that are allowed into this country, and Ted supports doubling the number of green cards.

The movie business has always been like the wild-catting oil business. Everyone wants a gusher.

I never really called myself pro-choice.

Sometimes you must live in a violent world in order to get greater justice.

That’s Narmer with the spoon,” I guessed. “Angry because the other bloke stole his breakfast cereal?