But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable

Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I can't read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

This was my first encounter with art as art (he saw 'Pinky' painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence and 'The Blue Boy" painted by Thomas Gainborough).. ..somebody actually MADE those paintings.. ..(it) was the first time I realized you could be an artist.

An empty canvas is full.

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable