I want the brain to intervene between the observation and the mark.

I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion.

I am trying to find out why a subject does look so marvelous, and trying to make that sensation manifest on a flat surface.

The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.

On our show, I've only reached out and touched about 55 guys. I think there's still about 40 million.

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

My mom lost her dad at a very young age, and has this sort of belief system of, you know, "If there's something that you want to do, if there's something that means a lot to you, do it now."

A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

Desperate times call for desperate analogies.

We just planted our 21st church.

Extreme sports tricks are becoming increasingly complex, the courses ever more challenging and crashes all too common.

Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.

It seems like every time I break up with someone they try to take all my friends. It sucks because your friends are the people you need the most when you are in pain.