What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

It is very important to generate a good attitude a good heart as much as possible. From this happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of 'Oh God I've got to do this today.'

Our individual lives cannot generally be works of art unless the social order is also.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations that tries to transform decay into something generative that is replicative in a baroque way that isn't about progress and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.'

Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties revolutionizing art and abstraction and reaching incredible heights by the early fifties and then tailing off.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art but just as a person.