You would not like me if you knew me.
My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms.
I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.
A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.
In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place, and he has made me glad.
The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.
All pain in life comes from wishing things were different than they are. Conversely, peace and happiness must come from accepting life as it is and breaking through the barriers of illusion to do so. . . All things that we label good or bad often hold in them surprises if we stay open. Each of us has choice in how we interpret life's events and in this way we are each responsible for our own reality.