I paint flowers to prevent them from dying

Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

What would I do without the absurd and the ephemeral?

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.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.