“I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints it...” — Peter Max Quote

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

I met Carl Sagan quite a few times - a fantastic and amazing person. I love him. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a good friend, too.

I grew up in Shanghai 'til I was 10 or 11, with one year in Tibet. When I was 5 or 6 years old, the American radio station came to Shanghai, and I used to love bebop and jazz, but I didn't know where it came from.

Some people remember me for my color; some people remember me as a friend.

I don't even think about maintaining a relevance. I just think about what do I want to paint, what am I gonna do now, what am I gonna do later.

The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound.