The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I'm an outsider.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

This acting was very hard work.