And, of course, I began drawing so much - wild, undisciplined pencil drawings and watercolors of knights battling and such.

I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it... I always want to see the third dimension of something... I want to come alive with the object.

Believe in yourself and believe in love. Love something.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

I don't think that there is anything that is really magical unless it has a terrifying quality.

If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.

When you lose your simplicity, you lose your drama.

I think you have to use your eyes as well as your emotion, and one without the other just doesn't work

What you have to do is break all the rules.

When passion blends with profession it turns into a masterpiece...

Everything you’re telling me was just a story, and now it’s real.

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.

I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

Lyrical poetry is much the same an every age, as the songs of the nightingales in every spring-time.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

I could be a vegan in sackcloth and flip-flops, but I find fabulous boots with periwinkle cuffs a far preferable option.