“Rules kill art.”

“Art is not life, and life is not art; but the beauty and horror of the human condition exists between the two.”

“A true artist willingly removes their heart, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back--bruised and aching--to continue improving due to the all-consuming obsessive love for their art.”

“Money doesn't bring you happiness, it brings you the freedom to find it.”

“A true artist removes his heart willingly, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back—bruised and aching—as he continues to strive for excellence due to the all-consuming obsession and love for his art.”

“This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and to eroticism, and then comes languor and decay.”

“I'm gonna party, see how intoxicated I can get and how many rules I can flaunt. That's my motto.”