“I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.”

“Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.”

“Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.”

“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.”

“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.”

“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”

“To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.”

“I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.”

“The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.”