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Art is the job of the privileged.

I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me courage to exercise the freedom that I have in life.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.

I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world.

I feel like, to me, art is a ladder to God, in my own opinion, you know. And so, for me, the more people that I can reach through many different artistic avenues, the better.

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.