Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.
I can't let things go when it comes to stop painting. It has to be my way.
Just too much fast thinking all the time. I think of so many things all at once, it gets exhausting. You start seeing all of these connections around you. . . Everything is connected, composed, coordinated, choreographed. If you start paying attention to these connections, it can drive you insane. And that's why making work is so good, because that's when I'm not thinking, just making.
Thinking is sometimes too intense, so once I start feeling pain, if it is not too much pain, it eases my mind.
When you have a dream, you don't even want to tell yourself straight out that this is what you want. You try to hide it. I never told myself I wanted to be a tennis player. But being an artist, yes, this is what I wanted since I first sat down to draw or paint. I knew that. . . I had that vision.
I really like players who are not naturally gifted and have to achieve their success by other means. I like when people have to win against their own limitations,rather than just being phenomenally blessed.
I realized painting could look like a film, and a film like a painting.
For me, a record is valid when I actually hold the vinyl. Like, I've worked on the art for a while and I see the vinyl and I go "Ooh, it's an actual LP. How cool is that?" That's very sacred to me. You can't take that back, you know?
Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.
I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales in comparison to a Pentecostal tent revival.
Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened.