One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST.
Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.
To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished.
I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.
Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control.
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.
I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.
Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.
On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.
I think artists are always investigating how to have an economic, political platform. At one time, artists were supported by the Church. Then they were supported also by the state.
The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility.
I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.
If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there've been things that are long-lasting, it's because those artists took the time and we built an idea.
If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.
