Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can't see. So the fantasy corners of America seem so atmospheric because you 've pieced them together from scenes in movies and music and lines from books.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Pop art is a way of liking things.

Some people look 40 when they're 40. People look the way they're supposed to look at any age.

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.