“Any artist who has ever created something worthwhile has done so by staying true to himself. You can't do it any other way.”
“I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.”
“The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.”
“Any man who has got himself set over others and don't have any responsibility to something bigger than him is a son of a bitch.”
“Is it any wonder that no truly respectable society has ever trusted its artists?”
“Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imagery...You are confusing two concepts: answering the questions and formulating them correctly. Only the latter is required of an author.”