The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.
There are generations of people who have never seen a big plate painting in person. And they don't know what the hell they look like, they don't know what it feels like to stand in a room with them.
I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about.
We need to not be scared [of muslim], but understand each other. When you're around these people, you see they have much more in common than their differences.
My compulsion is to create things.
I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is like some kind of product of certain sorts of usage of different kinds of materials, then it's about involution or turning in on that.
I have a completely romantic idea about making paintings, I guess.
Sex is. . . perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?
No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.
Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.
Never is liberty more easily lost than when we think we are defending it.