God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

Jesus Christ saves the sinner.

There were crimson roses on the bench

A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama.

Beware of feedback from friends whose judgments could be tainted by feelings of envy or the need to flatter.

For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting.

I'm trying to paint a picture of what I have seen and what moved me, as well as I can. That's all.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.