“That’s what my work is about…seeing the facets of happiness and sadness all in one place.”

“The most toxic combination in the world is…the certainty of being right and a monopoly of power.”

“The most important part is the process. It is the actual living and doing and making.”

“Art isn’t a material, it’s not a medium—it’s not a certain product. It is the choices I’ve been able to make.”

“Drawing is like practicing the piano, because the first ones that I do often don’t come out so I have to practice.”

“Beauty is just kind of an accident. Beauty is just a happenstance. Beauty is the remainders of being a painter.”

“The studio is a sacred place that you come to do some bigger reflection and thinking.”