I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.

Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don't have the answers. And if you don't have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else's solutions will seem appropriate. You'll have to come up with your own.

Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.

Every child should have a chance to feel special.

I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.