He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.
Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.
I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.
The canvas is the door to another dimension. The paintbrush is the key.
I had artistic classical training, and when you learn the classics for so many years, you might gain audacity, power and confidence to subvert everything. I am like the originals buffoons. I love the...
Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.
A free spirit is not bound by this, that, matter, materialism or opinion. They sing, dance and flow on the wind - for they are at one with it. They are nothing and everything - void and expanse. Even...
I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.
France, stop throwing awards at me! I have so many already, give them to people who need them.
I am an artist. Any artist knows that their creations, their pieces must express an array of human emotion and experience. From the juvenile and innocent, to the erotic and the dangerous, and everythi...
Up on the Brooklyn Bridge a man is standing in agony, waiting to jump, or waiting to write a poem, or waiting for the blood to leave his vessels because if he advances another foot the pain of his lov...
I have a tendency to break rules and shake things up. I would say that with me people never know what is real and what is fiction. And I like that because reality is relative.
Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.
I'm like a circus standing on two legs.
I think we live in a time where artists are very tidy and afraid of what others might think. They hesitate in expressing their views and opinions. So being original is rare. For me, it's about living...
Venice, it's temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven.
Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.
I love widely and deeply, the Naive sense of Primitivism I manage to project in my Art. It always gives me a sense that it is not developed or derived from anything else, and it is unaffected by objec...
Sometimes people can be negative, especially about my confidence. I trust myself, I refuse to obey, and I noticed there is a need to punish me for it. But haters are important because they show you yo...
Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations