Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.

You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.

I don’t agonize over my paintings being perfect. I’m not creating masterpieces, I’m creating art to make people smile or make them think.

She made this amazing art. She never made a painting that is dark. She wanted to get people high.

No one asked an artist who was great in his 20s and 30s why he was still painting in his 40s and 50s,

I think of it like a priceless painting, and the artist is deceased. It took years to amass the acres, years to develop the property. You can't get it any other way.