An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience..

I think that a visual artist's philosophy develops much more freely than a writer's or a thinker's philosophy. It is not so disciplined. The photogra….

One could think of a person who seems to have two opposing and contradictory sides to his personality; but it turns out that in the end the two sides….

You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape..

I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an art….

You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me….

Religion is a byproduct of fear..

the independence of the artist is one of the great safeguards of the freedom of the human spirit..

I can go wherever, to Kuala Lumpur or wherever, and if somebody will ask me where I'm from and I say I'm from Iceland, they say, "Yeah, Björk." And t….

I find more peace with you..

I feel closer to the artist I was when I was 19 now then I have done in other stages of my career..

If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate ….

Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed..

I made so many recordings with junky mics and crappy mixing consoles, you have to use what your tools are and in some ways that's been inspirational..

In politics, what appears is..

God, I love John Cassavetes..

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes..

I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work.".

Every picture of you is when you were younger..

Forgiveness frees the forgiver..

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound..