Robert Motherwell

Wherever art appears, life disappears.

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!