The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.

Every single line means something.

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

The more I paint the more I like everything.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

Be a candle of light in someone’s life this holy season.

It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust.

Realize that God uses the fires of life to purify your faith, to shape you into Christ’s image, and to cause you to love Him…even more!

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

A baby is expected. A trip is expected. News is expected. Forgetfulness is expected. An invitation is expected. Hope is expected. But memories are not expected. They just come.

You see, it's one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior - but it's another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.

People age even when you're not looking.

Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for your salvation. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to murder you.

The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.