“Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.”

Believe it or not, I can actually draw.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you’ve got to realize that influence is not influence. It’s simply someone’s idea going through my new mind.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.

I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.

My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.

I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.

I cross out words so you will see them more

The more I paint the more I like everything.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Whetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting.

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

Any who stand in my way shall be cut down!

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

I’d rather bleed with cuts of love than live without any scars.

The first cut is the deepest.