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Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth.
I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.
I think basically I'm a painter, but I would use anything to make my point.
Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.
Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art.
When a human's tears finally dry up forever, they transform into a monster.
The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.
I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
We are actually living in a million parallel realities every single minute.
I don't know anything about the afterlife because I haven't been there yet.
I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.
Stuffed animals are sad and scary; they have humorous and tragic qualities.
You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.
The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind.
There is no Space or Time Only intensity, And tame things Have no immensity
A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito
In this world of memories, there's no need for strangers. -Kenshin to Kaoru
There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible.
I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.
There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.
Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things.
If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.
In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature.
Birding, after all, is just a game. Going beyond that is what is important.
Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.
Learning a new thing is a shortcut to joy and informs your area of mastery.
At extreme distances, there is essentially no such thing as depth of field.
Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.
Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
Keep going until your efforts start to make things better in your hometown.
You need to have your eyes open because it's really scary what's happening.
Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?"
If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.
If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.
I think an artist is anybody who does something well, like if you cook well.
If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.
Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat.
I still am very street - I just have nicer clothes. I'm not ashamed of that.
We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.
Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.
Stuart Davis has more to do with what the United States is like than Hopper.
I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!