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

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.

The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.