The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.

My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

The reality comes first, and the symbol comes after. I see these things, and suddenly they become symbolic of life.

When I'm painting them, the whole legend and mythology of apples occurs to me, and so Adam and Eve and the snake and all the rest of it somehow gets into the picture.

One shouldn't be labelled a cynic just because one refuses to believe in fairy tales.

It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

It isn't until you forgive what's in the past that you'll be able to receive the gift of the present

Being a liberal progressive has been demonized as anti-white or overly on the side of blacks. There's nothing that can be done about that; it's just where we are in the history of our perceptions.

If you take something like the slave-auction sketch, the warmth of the light gives it a crisp 12 Years a Slave look. And your eye tells your brain, "I should be taking this seriously."

Ted Cruz just in a different league. He understands conservatism because he is.

It's unfair that I've been treated unfair - but it doesn't stop me.

Aloneness and selfness are too important to betray for company.

I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.