It benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession.

If you know the differences between an oak and a poplar, a spruce and a pine, down to the needles... you are able to paint that tree with more conviction, even if done with a few broad strokes.

Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created the work is there, there's nothing for the viewer to take away.

The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.

What you work hardest at, you love the most.

If everything that you do is for the market, it won't work.

I've started to experiment [in the studio] with texturing the canvas, building up the surface with large brushes, palette knife or fingers. I want to say more in my art.

Women are still cats and birds. Or at the best, cows.

I'm in love with love and totally believe in marriage, but that's not even on my radar right now. I am not putting energy into dating.

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.

Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?

I don't like anything new.

Just saw a woman with a big tattoo of Jesus on her back. I guess it's an ixnay on the oggy style-day.

I tell you one thing that's great about children. They don't need a show to have fun. What do they need? A book of matches, some oily rags, a little brother... that's all they need.

My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents.

Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.