Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique.

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.