The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing.
When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.
Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.
I believe in the immortality of all creatures.
Your range of available choices - right now - is limitless.
One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.
The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.
1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
I'm always just excited about every opportunity that comes my way.
As soon as I would say I'm from Boston, people would just say, 'Naaaah!'
I have a mind that never stops working. As a matter of fact, it torments me.
It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished.
I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.
Graffiti is linear, and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls.
This has been my vocation to make music of what remains.
I wanted to build up a name for myself.
