There are a lot of tricks you have to keep playing on yourself to keep at it because every time you hit a problem you want to walk away.

I feel as though I haven't seen an object until I actually start painting it.

I think it is important to do what you believe in and ignore the critics.

For me, painting is like meditation.

I had this attitude that it was going to take time for my work to grow. I had to develop skills to do what I wanted and I didn't really expect it was going to happen rapidly.

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out on the streets if I didn't sell enough paintings.

Be sure to wear greenon March seventeen, or else Irish leprechauns pinch your bones clean!

Et tu Brute! (You too Brutus!)

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Music for me has been my breath, my backbone since I was a little kid. Anything that comes to my life, hard time or good time, I always find comfort in music.

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.

Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.