There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.

There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.

They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress.

An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

One day there will be no borders no boundaries no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.

The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.

To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.

Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I almost never get to leave town, and when I do, I tend to go for three days max. Seeing between 30 and 40 shows a week in 100 or so galleries and museums takes up nearly all my time.

Everything is just very, very blurry. I've never had proper vision.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.

Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics.

After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.

I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.

An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.

I was a very naughty child, on the verge of getting expelled, but I wasn't a bad child; everything I did was for my own entertainment. But when I went into an exam, I did really well.

I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.

As a kid, creation was something that I always loved. Creating worlds for video games, creating businesses that didn't make any money, selling lemonade, etcetera. In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law.

I will always dance in the street.

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

Giving someone a piece of your soul is better than giving a piece of your heart. Because souls are eternal.