It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
I would've liked to have been Poussin, if I'd had a choice, in another time.
I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.
You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression.
A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.
Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.
My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company at the same time I was a bike messenger for this greasy fast-food place.
Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.
People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that.
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
Yusuf: [after surviving a roll with the van] Did you see that? [realizes that everyone else in the van is asleep]
I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.
I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.
Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.
Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.
