I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn't know Cary Grant. They're going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings.

I don't value prizes of any sort.

I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.