arts

"At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution."

"For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer."

"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."

"Personality is everything in art and poetry."

"To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace."

"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

"Great art is an instant arrested in eternity."

"Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art."

"I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists."

"I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me."

"A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it."

"Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble."

"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."

"What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying."

"Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'"

"The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing."

"Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see."

"The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses."

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

"In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised."