It seems to be my mission in life to wait on a dog.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

But mom's been depressed ever since her last boyfriend turned out to be a Republican.

I’d rather go and make my own way than have it decided for me.

I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality.

I care about this crazy little planet and I would love to make a difference.

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.

Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?

I'm taking my skills to different people's homes that have stoves for it.

The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.