My insights come in periods of working. There are wonderful moments of surprise, but I'm superstitious enough not to want to talk about them.
The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness.
In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.
But boy, right away it is fun to play around with the Paintbox program.
The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.
Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.
Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)
If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.
I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.
Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.
Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.
I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.
Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.
Light is a metaphoric thing. There is green light and red light. Then there is black light, which is mostly danger.
I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.
I get it. I really do. It's got to suck for people to see your sexual orientation instead of seeing you.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
