The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.
Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out.
Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.
An ego should be like a warm breeze, never seen, just mildly sensed.
If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white. . . it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.
If you are happy, you are a geezer.
History reveals that left-brain people have been creating art for a long time now.
After all, the U. S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.
With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
We fritter away our energy and creativity. . . we get bogged down in the thick of thin things.
I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.