“Only after seeing the winter, do you comprehend the richness of summer. This was a big theme, and one I could confidently do: the infinite variety of nature.”

“Most people feel that the world looks like the photograph. I've always assumed that the photograph is nearly right, but that little bit by which it misses makes it miss by a mile. This is what I gr...”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

“I have no idea how to be an artist and a lover, so I chose the one most likely to make me happy when I'm eighty and gazing back on a long and productive life.”

“Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice.”

“Make your skin as thick as you are able to, for your career. Keep it as thin as you can tolerate, for your art.”

“What you call your lies are fiction and myths. The art of creating a disguise can be as beautiful as the creation of a painting I created a woman for my artist life, bold, gay, courageous, generous...”

“Make your skin as thick as you are able to, for your career. Keep it as thin as you can tolerate, for your art.”