I am after painting reality impressed on the mind so hard that it returns as a dream, but I am not after painting dreams as such, or fantasy.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings

You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning.

Knowledge that leads to restlessness (unsteadiness) is tremendous bondage.

Why surround yourself with people who constantly pull you back, when you could be with those who would push you forward to the land of abundance?

There is an animal joy to being young that you can only appreciate when you are old.

My drawing for women is really curvy. My drawings for men are actually quite angular.

Unless your aim is to deceive, there's not a meaningful distinction between memoir and fiction. They're marketing categories.

Let's be honest, any show will live or die based on how good the characters are, how good the actors are, how complicated the relationships are, how grounded they are and how much heart they have.

After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing.

Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

And the case of butterflies so rich it looks As if all summer settled there and died.