"I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is a fleeting thing. This gives you a sense of not striving for that, but striving for a good life. Maybe that is the best you can hope fo…"

"I don't think there's any such thing as a woman artist. There's only artists."

"I don't want to be a part of the past. I want to be a part of the future."

"I often think old women are more interesting than old men."

"I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at — not just copy it."