"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."

"My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful."

"Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change."

"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

"Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first."

"I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache."

"The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience."

"Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids."