"I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see"

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things"

"I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait"

"Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint"

"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?"

"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them"

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays"

"When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right"

"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye"