Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.

I've always been into improvisation.

Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.

But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible.

Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.

Lucknow's architecture is a part of life in the city.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.