“Art and works of art do not make an artist sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.”

“What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?”

“As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.”

“Space is the breath of art.”

“The art world can be very intimidating because it's just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it you're never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though there's pressure to.”

“Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.”

“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”

“Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.”

“Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.”

“Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.”

“I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”

“People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.”

“Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize.”

“I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.”

“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.”

“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.”

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”

“I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”

“With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!”

“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”

“You don't take a photograph, you make it.”