Your word travels the entirety of space and reaches my cells which are my stars then goes to yours which are my light.

It's not possible to present an accurate picture of our culture without all the voices of the people in the culture. So at the emerging level, you can't have a good survey art show without women and artists of color.

Sexism and racism are parallel problems. You can compare them in some ways, but they're not at all the same. But they're both symptoms inside the white male power structure.

My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.

I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.

I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.

I never knew I was a surrealist till Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was.