We'd make love. Afterwards he would take photographs of me. (On modeling for Alfred Stieglitz)

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

The line between the allure of liberty and the menace of of anarchy is often blurred." From: Caspian Diary

Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

One of the things I think you need to be a good emcee is silliness. And I'm basically a silly guy.

It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.

You are remembered for your goodness.

They came from all over the world to work out at Gold's Gym.

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

Skin is really important; after all, it's my business.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.