To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.
We must not imitate that which we seek to create.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
You live but once; you might as well be amusing.
I don't have a career plan. I'm not strategic enough.
My bed is actually two king beds put together.
There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.
What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?
I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy.
Every single film I've done, it's about the character.
I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.
Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
The more I paint the more I like everything.
I did not use paint, I made myself up morally.
Look after goodness and truth, beauty will look after herself.
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
I've always been very tied to language.
Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.
Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.
If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.
I've always been interested in what happens in the studio.
