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

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

I love to draw pencil, ink pen. I love art. When I go on tour and visit museums in Holland, Germany, or England, you know those huge paintings? I'm just amazed. You don't think a painter could do something like that. I can look at a piece of sculpture or a painting and totally lose myself in it.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.