“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”

“A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.”

“Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.”

“Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.”

“Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.”

“In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.”

“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”

“I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.”

“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.”