Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they're better than.

I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m completely in this world of possibility.

I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.

Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing.

Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.

The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

Do you love me enough that I am allowedto be damaged? Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be weak in some places?

Most people want to be perceived as Katana swords, but they don’t spend enough time in the forge to even be butter knives.

I will make you a fisher of men

There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.

Victory belong to the most persevering.

Sometimes in the contrast of the night, we can best see the glory of God.

To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.

The true subject of poetry is the loss of the beloved.

A fragrance is like a cat burglar in your brain, it has the key with which to pick the lock and unleash your memories.

Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else