I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.
Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.
A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
People who look at Greek statues never say it's a shame because they're not complete.
If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.
How can you have a rock n' roll circus without a midget?
Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible.
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.
When Ozzy calls and asks you to go on tour, you say, 'When do I start?'
Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.
I see pictures of myself and I always knew that what I was feeling didn't look like that guy in the pictures.
Any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.
Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.
I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.
Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light.
I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
