As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher.

Every artist takes their final work to the grave.

We are not as important to most people as we are to ourselves. As a matter of fact, we are—to most people—not important at all.

Being a philosopher requires a lot of thinking and no action. Being a model requires a lot of action and no thinking.

An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.

I'm not the type of guy that will make you happy. I'm the type of guy that will make you forget how unhappy we all are.