If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.
I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.
I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.
A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.
In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
Networking is an essential part of building wealth.
I love doing fashion.
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.