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A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel Picture Quote #1

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer Picture Quote #1

I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot Picture Quote #1

Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. For example now, I hate the bank and everything connected with it. I also hate Dutch paintings, penis-sucking, parties, and cold rainy weather. But I am much more preoccupied with loving Picture Quote #1

Gray goes with gold. Gray goes with all colors. I’ve done gray-and-red paintings, and gray and orange go so well together. It takes a long time to make gray because gray has a little bit of color in it Picture Quote #1

I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn’t want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal space Picture Quote #1

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I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories Picture Quote #1

Piano performances by Condoleezza Rice are better than Hitler’s paintings Picture Quote #1

I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society Picture Quote #1

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor Picture Quote #1

Back in medieval times, Victorian repression hadn’t come in yet. People were bawdy and wild and more in touch with their true natures. If you look at the Bosch paintings or Bruegel, you see, when people are dancing, they’re totally cutting loose Picture Quote #1

Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don’t forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets Picture Quote #1

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In anything there has to be dark and light. There’s a lot of joy in my paintings and a lot of darkness Picture Quote #1

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead Picture Quote #1

Most of my reading is based on what I’m working on. I did a series of paintings based on the seven deadly sins, so I read Dante and then Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost.’ That was a bit hard going Picture Quote #1

I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden in my life Picture Quote #1

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that Picture Quote #1

I like a lot of different kinds of movies, I like a lot of different kinds of paintings Picture Quote #1

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My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing Picture Quote #1

Paintings helped to change my life. I’d still be living a life of disaster without it Picture Quote #1

Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular - were actually moved by the work but were disturbed by the feelings it evoked, so they attacked it. Some people find the realm of my work quite uncomfortable Picture Quote #1

I’ve had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I’ve always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings, they come from my mind’s eye more than: ‘I’m gonna draw a dog now.’ It isn’t thought out: ‘Now I’m gonna draw a bird.’ They just appear Picture Quote #1

My mom is a painter, so I’ve been doing drawings and paintings as early as I can remember. Then there was this gap where I was doing graffiti in high school and making as much [traditional] art Picture Quote #1

I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I’ve always loved film, but I was making drawings and paintings and photographs. And you put art and narrative together, and that really is comics Picture Quote #1

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It’s weird making a drawing of painting. I start to realize that charcoal is this incredibly fragile material. I’m making images of paintings out of dust Picture Quote #1

During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste Picture Quote #1

Mom and I often talked about the trip we’d someday take together to the ‘city of eternal spring’ where she was born. In Kunming, she said, the fruits are sweeter, the mountains look like Chinese paintings, and the weather is always perfect Picture Quote #1

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I’m not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know! Picture Quote #1

People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I’m an architect. The paintings I’ve done are very important to me, but they were part of a process of thinking and developing Picture Quote #1

I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don’t talk about the paintings. They end up telling me the story of their life or how their father died Picture Quote #1

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A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel. (Paintings Quotes) No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer (Paintings Quotes) I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot. (Paintings Quotes) Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. For example now, I hate the bank and everything connected with it. I also hate Dutch paintings, penis-sucking, parties, and cold rainy weather. But I am much more preoccupied with loving. (Paintings Quotes) Gray goes with gold. Gray goes with all colors. I’ve done gray-and-red paintings, and gray and orange go so well together. It takes a long time to make gray because gray has a little bit of color in it. (Paintings Quotes) I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn’t want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal space. (Paintings Quotes) I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories. (Paintings Quotes) Piano performances by Condoleezza Rice are better than Hitler’s paintings (Paintings Quotes) I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things - genre paintings, historical paintings - the sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society. (Paintings Quotes) One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor. (Paintings Quotes) Back in medieval times, Victorian repression hadn’t come in yet. People were bawdy and wild and more in touch with their true natures. If you look at the Bosch paintings or Bruegel, you see, when people are dancing, they’re totally cutting loose. (Paintings Quotes) Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don’t forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets. (Paintings Quotes) In anything there has to be dark and light. There’s a lot of joy in my paintings and a lot of darkness. (Paintings Quotes) All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead. (Paintings Quotes) Most of my reading is based on what I’m working on. I did a series of paintings based on the seven deadly sins, so I read Dante and then Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost.’ That was a bit hard going. (Paintings Quotes) I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden in my life. (Paintings Quotes) You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that. (Paintings Quotes) I like a lot of different kinds of movies, I like a lot of different kinds of paintings (Paintings Quotes) My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing. (Paintings Quotes) Paintings helped to change my life. I’d still be living a life of disaster without it. (Paintings Quotes) Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular - were actually moved by the work but were disturbed by the feelings it evoked, so they attacked it. Some people find the realm of my work quite uncomfortable. (Paintings Quotes) I’ve had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I’ve always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings, they come from my mind’s eye more than: ‘I’m gonna draw a dog now.’ It isn’t thought out: ‘Now I’m gonna draw a bird.’ They just appear. (Paintings Quotes) My mom is a painter, so I’ve been doing drawings and paintings as early as I can remember. Then there was this gap where I was doing graffiti in high school and making as much [traditional] art. (Paintings Quotes) I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I’ve always loved film, but I was making drawings and paintings and photographs. And you put art and narrative together, and that really is comics. (Paintings Quotes) It’s weird making a drawing of painting. I start to realize that charcoal is this incredibly fragile material. I’m making images of paintings out of dust. (Paintings Quotes) During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste. (Paintings Quotes) Mom and I often talked about the trip we’d someday take together to the ‘city of eternal spring’ where she was born. In Kunming, she said, the fruits are sweeter, the mountains look like Chinese paintings, and the weather is always perfect. (Paintings Quotes) Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I’m not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know! (Paintings Quotes) People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I’m an architect. The paintings I’ve done are very important to me, but they were part of a process of thinking and developing. (Paintings Quotes) I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don’t talk about the paintings. They end up telling me the story of their life or how their father died. (Paintings Quotes)

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