The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream … Hang in there.

Believe in yourself. And stop trying to convince others

Sometimes the king is a woman.

Why does the feeling of emptiness occupy so much space?

I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to... people who mean something special to us.

I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do.

Be mindful even if your mind is full

Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.

Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly.

Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumours so little founded on truth

I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue

By accepting fear in our life, we automatically allow it to rule over us

Beautiful enough to lure in prey, he said. Strong enough to clamp down and destroy, he said.

He who thinks they know it all, is bound to take the greatest fall.

Sometimes I think I like dogs more than I like humans. The only time a dog has ever betrayed me... was by dying.

No one feels another's grief.

There's always going to be haters. And the more hate you get, the better you are doing.

Used to ride with him to Brooklyn, Lewis and Halsey, co chocolate thai, vernon style and burn it down

I leave shreds of my soul on every experience.

I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.

I will talk about it on Monday. I will answer every one of their questions. I always feel nervous when I have to go to court. This is like going to court. But I will be prepared.