David Bowie

I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir.

Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere.

Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.

I’m terribly intuitive-I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I’ve come to the realization that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

We’ll buy some drugs and watch a band and jump in a river holding hands.

To this day I’m really not sure if I was playing Ziggy [Stardust] or if Ziggy was exaggerated aspects of my own personality. A fair amount of psychological baggage was undoubtedly coming out through the character. Because I felt awkward and nervous and inadequate with myself, it felt easier to be somebody else.

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

The essence of all Art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

I’m terribly intuitive-I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I’ve come to the realization that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two or at times, submerged in either.

All art inspires me. Life inspires me. The art of life, thus my own art.

I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.

Nothing will stop you from being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

Playing with freedom can only come after a certain amount of foundational study.

In the field of art, to be able to have lunch with Kirk Varnedoe is thrilling. I met him at Si and Victoria Newhouse’s dinner one night. Barnett Newman’s widow was there. That’s the part of me that’s a fan. Like when I was a kid and went to the Brooklyn Paramount. Well, my interest has expanded, and it’s not just rock-and-roll.

He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person.