The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.

Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.

An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.

No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.

What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.

Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.

Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.

Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.

When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.

Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time.

Always listen to your dog.

The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in Vietnam.

When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it.

Nothing will enrich your life as much as the appreciation of art. If you want to 'Live Rich', you have to - absolutely have to - include art in your life.

Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

A 2008 poll of 35,000 Americans revealed that 57% of Evangelical church attenders believe that many religions can lead to eternal life.

You can be a patriotic American and be a critic, but then you're not expressing that kind of love that we're used to from a president.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.