Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Balance is the enemy of art.

Balance is the enemy of art.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove read more

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.

When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and read more

When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.