Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reaso….

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth)..

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing..

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it..

I am learning to live, and to see beauty in everything..

How many times have I created to destroy?.

The experience of beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. The artist's relation to the object of beauty, how the art makes that happen, is….

I would like the whole world to be full with authentic art, throbbing with it, living with it, because that is the only way: through authentic art, r….

The secret of meditation is the art of unlearning. Mind is learning; meditation is unlearning: that is - die constantly to your experience; let it no….

The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the camera ha….

You have to take the responsibility totally, that it is you who decides either to be in misery or to be in blessing. If you want misery, have more de….

It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the silver line like smoke, whiplash….

The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values..

The only thing we have is each other..

I don't really like Nirvana that much. Sorry, promotional people, Universal. I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre..

Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of i….

With art criticism it's difficult to discuss beauty, to assess it, because there's always the possibility that we're insane..

There's art that I would readily buy if I could afford it, and enjoy, but would never write about because it doesn't seem significant..

I am always tying up and then deciding to depart..

Everything I've learned about art was (a) because I was actually interested, or (b) I was actually interested in covering my ass because of what I wa….

Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead..