I have my pace and way of living, and I'm not looking for something. Votes: 11
My parents were from New England. It's very funny, but when I grew up, you always had to say, 'Yes, ma'am' and 'Yes, sir.' Votes: 8
Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. Votes: 7
Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical. Votes: 7
I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste." Votes: 6
I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick. Votes: 5
The Mediterranean is always just white, white, white. Votes: 5
To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link. Votes: 5
I look at a lot of artists. I'm inspired by - I suppose I shouldn't say 'inspired,' but it's not really influenced. I am inspired. Art comes from art. Votes: 4
Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said: 'What else is there?' Votes: 4
I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it. Votes: 3
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them, and I really liked having them around. Votes: 3
Every line is the actual experience with its own unique story. Votes: 3
I had my freedom and that was nice Votes: 3
When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. Votes: 3
I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself. Votes: 2
It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on with the task. The line is the feeling, from a soft thing, a dreamy thing, to something hard, something arid, something lonely, something ending, something beginning. Votes: 2
Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get back into it, or you make a mess. It's not my favourite thing... pencil is more my medium than wet paint. Votes: 2
It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished. Votes: 1
I would've liked to have been Poussin, if I'd had a choice, in another time. Votes: 1
I sit for two or three hours and then in 15 minutes I can do a painting, but that's part of it. You have to get ready and decide to jump up and do it; you build yourself up psychologically, and so painting has no time for brush. Brush is boring, you give it and all of a sudden it's dry, you have to go. Before you cut the thought, you know? Votes: 1
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around. Votes: 1
And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls. Votes: 0
I never really separated painting and literature. Votes: 0
I wouldâve liked to have been Poussin, if Iâd had a choice, in another time Votes: 0
I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I do take liberties I wouldn't have taken before. Votes: 0