I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.

Pop art is for everyone.

Business Art is the step that comes after Art.

I always notice flowers.

I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can.

There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it.

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

I'm really afraid to feel happy because it never lasts.

I've never made the separation between, say, the museum and the hardware store. I mean, I enjoy both of them, and I want to combine the two.

When the Woolworth's-Hot-Fudge-Sundae switch goes on, then I know I really have something.

Whenever I'm interested in something, I know the timing's off, because I'm always interested in the right thing at the wrong time. I should just be getting interested after I'm not interested any more.

Wasting money puts you in a real party mood.

The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will.

I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordina ry.

Money has a certain kind of amnesty.

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.

I want to be a machine.

As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.