The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulant….

Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not….

Just let the artist sign an empty canvas or a frame, with the inscription, 'I had such and such a concept in mind' for this work. The artist then nee….

No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the empty canvas were signed by a great artist. I would ….

The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked..

As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees..

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen..

I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward its….

What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it..

Why does not the brain adapt to repeated exposure and become indifferent, instead of satisfied?.

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end..

I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the result of many experiences. But a ….

Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits.….

I have the strong suspicion that when the brain's greed system is in operation, those parts of the brain that regulate ethical conduct are de-activat….

The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers o….

Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching th….

Apparently, a cleaner at Tate Britain... threw out a bag of rubbish, accidentally we are told, that was part of an exhibition supposedly emphasizing ….

I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely….

Most artists, or at least most of the ones I know, deny having a philosophical outlook that they try to translate into their works. Some had thought ….

Perhaps there is a minimum distance that should separate one exhibit from another... Indeed those specialized in psychophysics have actually come up ….

Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead..