You can't go back. I know that. But you can look back.

The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.

There are many ways to draw beautifully. It's important to let the drawing be an investigation and sometimes, in order to investigate, you need to go off the path.

Finishing is torture... There's always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it.

I love painting still lifes because there's a feeling of musical, flowing experience. The drawing doesn't matter as much - what you're really after is a feeling of clarity and beauty.

I spend so much time in my studio, which can be very dark, so it can begin to feel as if I'm a mole underground.

I know a feeling like that only comes once in a lifetime, and I think you should follow your heart’s desires. I believe in love, and I know love conquers all.

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.

My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

I think I’m dying to get to know a particular guy. Then he opens his mouth and ruins it.

He is able who think he is able.

I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.

Everybody has a list of 100 things they would like to change about themselves. But it's all about focusing on the good things.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quack like a duck, then it just may be a duck.