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The deliberate expansion of means and methods does not automatically bring a new dimension of value.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.

Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

Novelty is vital to the stimulation of life... New neural paths are sparked by caving in to notions.

As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.

A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

I like to watch old films. Meet Me in St Louis, Cul-de-Sac and Buffalo 66 are some of my favourites.

I like natural disasters and I think that they may be the highest form of art possible to experience

As far as I'm concerned, there is no line between high art and pop art, and there should be no line.

I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

The boats outside the window were always still I wondered if one of them would take me to the ocean.

We use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that's good, because it makes us grow.

In the beginning, I was planning to end 'Dragon Ball' when all seven Dragon Balls had been collected.

A good aspect of me is that I'm not too particular about things. A bad aspect is that I'm indecisive.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.

I broke something and realized I should break something once a week to remind me how fragile life is.

I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.

When I was in the hospital after I was shot they gave me drugs, but it was so great to get off those.

It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.

For some reason, our media are fascinated by stories that appear to harm American National interests.

Peter," she whispered and reached out, touching his cheek. "My little Peterbird? You flew back to me.

I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long.

I get the feeling that sometimes the ideas work very well when you're doing them in the studio alone.

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

I need to keep it spontaneous as an artist, so for me to repeat a face would be redundant and boring.

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

Your body's just a vehicle, transporting the soul. It's what's inside of people, is beauty to behold.

I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.

All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.

When you make work, the concept is the basis for it; all choices of aesthetics or mediums come later.

The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense.

The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.

You can't get back what you've lost, What's important now is "What is it that you still have. —Jimbei

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

It is so sad that it takes so long for people to understand what needs to happen in order to be free.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.

Even now / I am not old. / I never think of it, and yet / I am a grandmother to eleven grandchildren.

We're going to start walking again. We can't stand still, you know. Not as long as we're still alive.

Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence.

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

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