Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.

To express your emotions, you have to be very loose and receptive. The unconscious will come to you if you have that gift that artists have. I only know if Im inspired by the results.

I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.

The twentieth-century artist who uses symbols is alienated because the system of symbols is a private one. After you have dealt with the symbols you are still private, you are still lonely, because you are not sure anyone will understand it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone.

I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them, but he knows also that he can escape from day to day and stay alive, and he does that because his work gives him a kick.