Painting does what we cannot do—it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.

Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.