There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.
When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place is more important than the people.
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.
The real heart of strategy is the strategist.
In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.
Whenever you see riot footage on TV - you know, someone throwing a brick in Pakistan or somebody throwing a fiery piece of pooh through a Starbucks window up in Seattle - you ever see anybody throwing anything underhand? I think it just takes all the aggression out of the act.
Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.