Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help..

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot..

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it..

I start a picture and I finish it..

I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day..

I wanted to build up a name for myself..

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people..

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how ….

I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life..

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life..

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new m….

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off..

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them..

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is..

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them..

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young..

I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I reme….

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'.

If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored..

Every single line means something..

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier..