The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human.

To me art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risk.

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red.

I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.

You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind those colours there hides the final cataclysm.

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit.

Abbey relaxed, grateful not only that someone had thought to throw a party for her, but that she had been able to escape attending.

The U.S. has subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

If you wish to write, write.

When we first started and started hitting new places for the first time, you kinda didn't know, because we were new. Sometimes we played tiny little clubs and sometimes we'd play a larger place.

I rather think he knew anyway.

Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.

Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.

Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements.

The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.