A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.

Speaking of line, what artist of line was ever able to find more depth and volume than Hirschfeld? He was an illustrator and a caricaturist, but first and foremost, an artist.

Flat fields produce mediocre grapes, but rolling hills produce the greatest grapes. Why? Because the vines must struggle for survival.

Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work.

All artists are protected by copyright... and we should be the first to respect copyright.

It is a lifetime effort to come to grips with being an artistic person.

How do you define a poet? It's very simple. Anyone declaring that he is a poet, is a poet.

The significant element that is common to Rivera, Siqueros, Picasso, Pollock, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo is the expression of pain.

Then again, if the plant is slow growing, and you are getting older, you may want to start with a larger plant. I find myself buying larger plants each year.

Failure is when you accept it, otherwise it's just another obstacle.

It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

I saw his scars - the visible ones-and saw how breaking him had not made him any less beautiful. If anything, he stood stronger, because he'd survived.

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

There are notes between notes, you know.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.