Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

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.

The people living in land of deep darkness have seen a great light.

Not one person on earth is immune to crime and trauma.

Real food, I've found, is actually better than dieting.

Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

Why do I even dare to think I could dream I could imagine I could hope?!

Exposing their own humility and vulnerability is one of the most difficult challenges for white antiracist, even after achieving an autonomous white racial identity.

Everything we see in nature is manifested truth; only we are not able to recognize it unless truth is manifest within ourselves.

When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.

If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.

Why are my arms so weak? It's like I did that push-up last year for nothing!