"I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, craz..." — Margaret Keane

People either hate my paintings or they love them. There does not seem to be much middle ground.

I'm a night person; I don't usually get up till noon.

I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.

I don't know why I paint what I paint. I think it comes out - it's kind of my subconscious or something.