I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.

Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying.

I want to help develop a visual and cultural vocabulary around surveillance.

To some extent I've always taken the architecture of the space into account.

The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values.

I want to communicate. I do; every artist does. That's why you're an artist.

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.

I want to emphasize the idea of black as intellectuality and conventionality.

I'm always going to the toy store; I even have a room full of plastic models.

I knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul.

I always run into strong women who are looking for weak men to dominate them.

The only time I ever want to be something is outside a party so I can get in.

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate!

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

There is nothing like widespread poverty to boost a country's equality index.

I do love Justin with all my heart and we have a lot of trust for each other.

Don't let them win. Don't let them beat you. Don't let them steal your magic.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

Switch off reality TV! I've only ever been able watch about 30 seconds of it.

I want my paintings to have a light of their own, they must glow from inside.

I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.

It's easy to have talent at 20 but what is difficult is to have talent at 50.

When a writer makes something, it's theirs forever. That is the magic for me.

At a meta level, design connects the dots between mere survival and humanism.

It is only possible to speak in the language and in the spirit of one's time.

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

His letters ... have been like fine cold water when you are terribly thirsty.

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another.

A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I used to know Madison Avenue advertisers. I didn't like 'em. Bunch of jerks.

In age of consumerism and materialism, I traffic in blue sky and colored air.

Art should reveal the unknown, to those who lack the experience of seeing it.

Once you trust in yourself, you automatically want to go outside of yourself.

We really lived, ate, drank and slept Batman - ideas, characters and stories.

Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.

I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me.

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

My name is Kurt Schwitters... I am an artist and I nail my pictures together.

You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad.

People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

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