When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative that is going on inside of it. Those are the ones I make into paintings.

I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that.

I really love painting women. Their bodies, their clothes - it all interests me, whereas men really don't that much, in a way.

I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense. That is why I plainly paint women.

I'm interested in the sheer fascination of beauty - beauty is fascinating.

I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great.

I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.

I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better to paint from.

I'm almost weeping when I'm painting my daughter. I've been thinking she won't be little for much longer.

Love is in your heart. If you search deeply you will find it.

Strength is not determined by the looks but through action.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Every inch of ground we refuse to take with God, we surrender to the enemy.

Without challenges, there would be no opportunity to evolve.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure it's like that for acting and television.

I want the ethic of being independent and open-minded, having a lot of integrity, intellectually, to be part of anything I do.

I am not a fan of Facebook or Twitter. They both allow too much information to be available and they make privacy a thing of the past.

If you #‎ love love, look for yourself.