The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

At art school, a teacher said: 'The best paintings are when you get lost in a piece of work and start painting in a stream of consciousness.' I wanted to do music, not art, so started writing lyrics that way. The first song I wrote was called 'Ice Cream and Wafers.' The next was 'Holding Back the Years.'

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

Money is completely boring to me. It means nothing, except it feeds my art. Every penny I make goes back into the Haus of GaGa. My Haus of GaGa is something like Andy Warhol's Factory.