“ I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. ”

“ There is nothing so stable as change. ”

“ I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change. ”

“ All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die. ”

“ A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. ”

“ I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ”

“ The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots. ”

“ What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. ”

“ Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now. ”

“ People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas. ”