I don't believe too much in originality... you learn art from other art and then looking into somebody's face or landscape is the point of departure to do your work of art.

It's not so hard to become the best painter in Canada... The rest just quits!

If it has a use it isn't art.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.

There's only one thing worse than to live without working, and that is to work without living.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out.

The world is not interested in what we do for a living. What they are interested in is what we have to offer freely - hope, strength, love and the power to make a difference!

It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.