I think an artist is anybody who does something well, like if you cook well.

Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start you can’t stop.

One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love

I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can.

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.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?