I have an idea of a set of colors and see what I have. A lot of things, the best, more magical things in the paintings just sort of happen. They aren't things I thought of in advance. They are… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last 50 years… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I think the Native Americans had the right idea about preserving and respecting the earth. Not just using it up. We are not the center of the universe and that we think we are will most likely be the end of us. Then nature will go on its way, with humans only being a faint ugly memory. And yes I… — John Lurie Copy Share
I start out making my paintings for me. I don't see it as a form of communication. Until, of course, after they are done… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. There were… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
The paintings usually start as abstracts and then I look at them and look at them, and like a Rorschach test, I try and… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I've had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I've always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings,… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I attempt to create a world that hypnotizes me as I make it. I hope others can get lost in it in the same… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it. — John Lurie Copy Share Image
