I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling.

I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer's attention to these areas.

Choosing a way to die, what's the difference? Choosing a way to live, now that's the hard part.

I sometimes use a lot of light greens and greys when I feel there is sadness in the painting.

Know that dreaming is a waste of sleeping time and energy if you don’t wake up to achieve them.

The whole summer was inside of us.

General good is the plea of the scoundrel hypocite flatterer.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.

No sickness worse than imagining thyself to be perfect can afflict thy soul.

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.