Security breeds stagnation.

When I got my first TV set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships with other people.

The teachers liked me. In grade school, they make you copy pictures from books. I think the first one was Robert Louis Stevenson.

Pop art is a way of liking things.

The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister aura, the pale, soft-spoken magical presence, the skin and bones . . .

As soon as you stop wanting something you get it. I've found that to be absolutely axiomatic.

New York restaurants are about selling atmospheres.