There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.
Rather than diminishing the idea of 'truly needing' a relationship - and trying to deny it, shame it, or talk ourselves out of it - why not just celebrate it? It's exactly what the world needs.
There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.
When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.
Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
There's something about the ukulele that just makes you smile. It makes you let your guard down. It brings out the child in all of us.
The coolest part about seeing a girl wear something comfortable is the smile that you can just feel coming through from inside her.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.
I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.
I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.
A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it's all about working hard and hoping that continues.
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
Part of my success with urban bachata is reinventing yourself as an artist and continuing to give people different kind of fusions, mixing up the elements and concepts without changing the beat.
I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums.
