Get rid of your little darlings.

Don't be afraid of expressing what you really mean in your art, what you really feel. Say it visually, as strongly as you can. Push as far a reach as you can, then go all the way!

Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world.

Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines.

Collect stimulus, draw them. Focus, find out as much as you can. Stimulate yourself.

State what you actually see in someone's work first: objects/space/color/directional flow - then content. Interpret.

Tell the viewer something that they need to know.

Encaustic gives markmaking a dimension... additive/subtractive.

When in doubt, make a red painting.

Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art.

Be of good cheer, miracles do happen.

I went searching in a foreign land and found my way home.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris, ' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette.

The stressful life leads to neglect of spirituality and wellness.

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

I auditioned at the Radisson in Knoxville, and I just did what I always do. I just try to believe what I'm doing.

The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

Liberty is a soul’s right to breathe.

You don't want to rely on an expert to tell you what lies ahead.

I didn't invent hot water. But when I approach menswear, I do it in a very honest way. And my menswear and womenswear are very similar, in the sense that I put men in leggings and lace shirts.