Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal..

Obviously, there's a million things we're allowed to say on late-night cable that you're not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast..

We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures..

I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn't have to explain his life story away to justify his painting..

I've always thought that less was a lot more..

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice..

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope..

Nothing exists but him..

Everything is dead while it lives..

Can'ttrustpeople. Won'tdoanygood. They'llkillyoueverytime. They'llkilleachother. They'llkilleveryone..

Everybody changes, not just me..

Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a log….

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say..

A contemporary painting is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and not a predetermined figure..

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation..

Without good drawing, the foundation of a painting will collapse..

The old Lena is dead..

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record..

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution..

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..