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

I try to think about life.

I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

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.

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

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.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.

Come hell or water high you’ll never see me cry this is our last good bye.

I can finally cry and let it be relief. My tears can be my medicine and not my poison.

To cry means that you are feeling as much as you possibly can in that moment and that is exactly what I mean when I say you are alive.

It was so incredible meeting Lady Gaga. I mean I’m gaga for Gaga, literally. We kind of just each flew to each other like magnets after the ceremony ended and we were both just crying and hugging.

He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.

Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat cries.